I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
favorite phrase; favourite phrase; byword; something one always talks about
of no interest; not interested
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
being attracted by physical looks only; person who puts much store by good looks
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
perfect; perfection; perfect game
society; the world; the times
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
understood; I see; OK; present; here
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
to be on the same wavelength; to think alike; to get along
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote