corridor; hallway; passageway
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
junior high school student; middle school pupil
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
in order; in turn; one by one
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
Ms; Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way