corridor; hallway; passageway
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief; who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh!
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to be unusual (of a person or thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be eccentric; to be different
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to ask; to enquire; to query
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
the eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
now that; since; so long as; because
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
support; backing; patronage
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
sublimation; sublimation (of an impulse); sublimation (i.e. transforming into a purer or nobler form)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)
riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
karōshi; death from overwork
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); good work; see you; goodbye; tiredness; fatigue