it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
woman; lady; adult female
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
while; even though; despite
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
woman; female; feminine gender
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
instant; moment; for an instant
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness