theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
had better ...; had better not ...
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
enterprise; business; company; corporation
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
individual; private person; personal; natural person
how much; how many; to what extent
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to kick down; to oust (a rival) to advance oneself; to push (someone) aside to get ahead
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
sense of values; values; value system
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
older sister; lass; young lady
drawing; painting; doodling; sketching
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
as before; as ever; as it was originally
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness