shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
management; administration; operation
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
form; shape; figure; visage
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
such ... as; or some such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation