splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
duty; obligation; responsibility
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
tide; current; tendency; trend
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
ostentation; show; affectation
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
woman; female; feminine gender
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
self-consciousness; self-awareness
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
intention; plan; purpose; belief; assumption; thought
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
show; exhibition; spectacle
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into