or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
in that way; thus; so; so?
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
now; the present time; just now; another; more
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
had better ...; had better not ...
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
sloppy; slovenly; slipshod; negligent; loose; unkempt
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
to be silent; to say nothing
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
food; food products; foodstuffs
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
bento; Japanese box lunch