to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
function; facility; faculty; feature
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
earnings from a part-time job
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to be saved up (of money)
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to withdraw one's savings
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
school building; schoolhouse
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
weather forecast; weather report
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality