room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
twelve o'clock; midnight; noon
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
tray; family; household; Obon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
head (of an office, laboratory, etc.); chief
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
at the window; by the window; next to the window
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
menu; schedule; program; menu
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
regrettable; unfortunate; disappointing; vexing
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
undisputed; entirely; perfect
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
example; simile; metaphor; allegory