stairs; stairway; staircase
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to throw into; to toss into; to throw-in; to play a throw-in
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
The Diary of a Young Girl (journals of Anne Frank, published in 1947)
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
vintage (year, wine); vintage (car, jeans, etc.)
manual transmission car; manual
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
amplification; magnification; amplification; making larger
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
in one's lifetime; (while) in life
postwar period; period after Second World War
fleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
not yet known; unknown; strange
departure; leaving; setting off
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take as a lesson
mountain road; mountain trail
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
gear change; change of gears
horsepower; hp; energy; vitality; horse-drawn cart