play; recreation; playing (a sport); play; playing (a musical instrument); musical performance; play (theatrical performance)
fighting game (esp. one-on-one)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
criticism; critique; review; comment; critical essay
senior high school student
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to amuse oneself; to make merry
junior high school student; middle school pupil
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
leader; authority; mainstay
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
child-rearing expenses; child-support payments (following divorce)
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to show up; to appear; to turn up
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
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"
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious