one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
for example; for instance; e.g.
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
seasoning; flavour; flavor
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
with a click; with a snap; ornamental clip (hair, obi, etc.)
beginning; outset; first; onset
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
at first; in the beginning; originally
temperature; body temperature (human, animal)
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
to be touching; to be moving
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
cooperation; collaboration
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
general; popular; common; typical
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata)
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
opening and shutting; opening and closing
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking