with the exception of; excepting; excluding
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
after that; afterwards; thereafter
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
(Japanese) empress; queen
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
in comparison to; rather than
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...