to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
virginity (of a male); virgin; (Catholic) nun; sister
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to be kind to; to treat kindly
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
difficult to ...; hard to ...
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
boastful talk about one's love life; speaking fondly about one's sweetheart; going on about one's love affairs
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
great difference; major mistake
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to pass (of time); to elapse
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned