as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
ago; since; before; previous
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
slamming one's hand into the wall in front of somebody (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic); banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour)
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
beauty of style; beauty of form
society; public; community; social studies
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
already; now; no longer; not any more
work of art; artwork; objet d'art
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you