rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
eightfold; octuple; multilayered; doubled
early; right away; at once; early time; early stage (in one's life, etc.)
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
suffix for familiar person
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
how; in what way; how about
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to brace one's core (e.g. when carrying something heavy); to bear down; to exert oneself; to push oneself; to pay generously (for); to splurge (on)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie