passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
as (for); for; in the capacity of
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
stormy and full of drama; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; to relax; to take it easy; to chill
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
as stated; verbatim; literally
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
occurrence; happening; incident; event
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
to stop walking; to pause
near; nearby; not far off
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
one's way (ahead); one's path
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to be conspicuous; to stand out
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
existence; being; presence
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...