seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
surname; family name; last name
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
strong-willed; strong of heart
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
snake; serpent; large snake
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
croak; ribbit; sound of frogs
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
close; intimate; on good terms
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to