plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
beginning; outset; first; onset
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
now; the present time; just now; another; more
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
morning; morning coat; breakfast set (often a drink and toast); breakfast special
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
frequency (of occurrence)