being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
don't you think?; indicates question
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
rather than; more ... than ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
rafflesia (Rafflesia arnoldii); monster flower; stinking corpse lily
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
predation; eating prey; preying upon
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
much less; to say nothing of
to all come in (e.g. teeth); to all come out (e.g. seedlings, flowers)
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction