negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to miss a chance to do; to fail to do
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to get poised again for charging; to toe the mark again; to start from scratch; to get a fresh start (on)
start of work; commencement; opening
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
each; (arch.) you (plural)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
last night; yesterday evening
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
novel; story; (work of) fiction
literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to concern; to be related
depiction; description; portrayal
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to comfort; to console; to amuse
playing by oneself; playing alone; entertaining oneself; game played by oneself (e.g. solitaire)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
sexual act; sexual intercourse
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
occurrence; happening; incident; event
library (usu. single-room); small library
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
place to go; place one can go
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
solitude; loneliness; isolation