planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
suffix for familiar person
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
it hasn't been long since
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
every year; yearly; annually
lakeside; lakeshore; lakefront
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
participation; joining; entry
high achiever; student with good academic results
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
what kind of; what sort of; what
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
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
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)