to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs
tremendous; rapid; dramatic
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
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
special lecturer; guest lecturer
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)
immediately; right away; on the spot
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale
to be helpful; to be useful
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
beginning; outset; first; onset
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
failure; mistake; blunder
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
perfect; complete; flawless
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
flutter kick (swimming); the thrash
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
but; however; provided that
point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; point; site; point (in scoring); point (in a loyalty program); points
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy