to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; resurrection; rebirth
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
21st day of the month; 21 days
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
light novel; young-adult fiction novel, typically illustrated in a manga art style
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
at; in; at; when; by; with
debut work; one's first work
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered