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
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
participation; joining; entry; adherence
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
recuperation; medical treatment
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
for a while; for some time; for a period
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
society; the world; the times
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
counter for generations; epoch
benefiting from the fame or influence of a parent; riding a parent's coat-tails
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct