look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
while studying; presently studying
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
hard worker; hardworking person
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
piano (instrument); piano (dynamic)
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
Japanese halfbeak (Hemiramphus sajori); stickleback
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
second marriage; remarriage
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
correspondence; exchange of letters
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
jigsaw puzzle; jigsaw; puzzle
two persons; two people; pair; couple
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)