as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
joyful (news, event, etc.); joyous; delightful (e.g. result); pleasing (e.g. sight); gratifying; welcome
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
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 come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
then; well; so; well then
together (with); at the same time; in one lump; in the same category
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
honorific/polite/humble prefix
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
club activities; extracurricular activities
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
beginning; outset; first; onset
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
declaration; proclamation; announcement
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance
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.)
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
the front; honest; upright; decent
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)