merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to miss a chance; to fail to do
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)