as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
with a twitch; with a jerk; with a flutter; with a dip; with a bob
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
as a child; when one was a child
one digit; one column; the "ones" column
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
about when; about what time; how soon
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to