the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to grow up; to become an adult
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
apartment with one bedroom and a kitchen
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
when it becomes; when it comes to
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
suffix for familiar person
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he