I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
feeling; sense; impression
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
collection of short stories; collected short stories
comparatively; relatively
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
light shower on a night in late autumn and early winter
large crowd; mass of people
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
light shower on a night in late autumn and early winter