occurrence; happening; incident; event
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
completion; perfection; accomplishment
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
... years old; age (of) ...
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
as a child; when one was a child
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
advancing to the next stage of education; going on to (high school, college, etc.)
anything and everything; just about everything
by myself; in person; by oneself
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
in this manner; in this way; like this
root; source; origin; cause
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
based on; on the basis of
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
negative aspect; downside; disadvantage
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)