Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
sorry; excuse me; thank you
movie; film; motion picture
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
mother-in-law; foster mother; stepmother
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
after that; afterwards; thereafter
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
to go past; to pass; to pass by
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
2nd day of the month; two days
continuation; succession; series; continuous
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
resignation; acceptance; consolation
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)