to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
secret; private; surreptitious
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
graduation ceremony; commencement
present; gift; to give a present or gift
card (with a message written on it)
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
club activities; extracurricular activities
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
parting; separation; farewell
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
the other day; lately; recently