first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in honor or celebration of someone or something); drinking one's glass dry
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
sorry; excuse me; thank you
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
such; like that; that sort of
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
nothing but; except; no more than
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
coeducation; mixed-sex education
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
on the way; as one goes; in the future; someday; eventually
third year of junior high school; third-year junior high school student
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
question; inquiry; enquiry
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago