love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
bento; Japanese box lunch
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
failure; mistake; blunder
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
reality; actuality; hard fact
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
student (esp. a university student)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
alone; by oneself; on one's own
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
sense of values; values; value system
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very