long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
several minutes; a few minutes
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to say; to tell; to state; to do
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to state; to express; to mention
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to crawl out of; to creep out of
rope; cord; policeman's rope
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky