(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to be found; to be discovered
while; during (the time when)
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
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 deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
name; given name; first name
(some) more; even more; longer; further
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
convenient; handy; useful
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
magic; sorcery; incantation