various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
decision; determination; resolution
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
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
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)