(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
difference; variation; difference
the same night; that night
to accept; to receive; to agree
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
useless resistance; vain struggle
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
and yet; though; when; in spite of
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to say; to be pleased to say
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
than; from; out of; except; but; more
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
suffix for familiar person
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
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
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody