staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to say; to be called; to do
Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanto area)
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
... years old; age (of) ...
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates the subject of a sentence; indicates possession; but; however; and; used after an introductory remark or explanation; regardless of ...
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
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 think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
in the same way as; just like
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
build; physique; frame; constitution
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work