incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to pretend; to act (as if)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to be silent; to say nothing
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
senior high school; high school
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
time; hour; period; class
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety