chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
springy (texture); doughy; elastic
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
hope; white hope; person of promise
business; trade; operations; sales
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
nasal mucus; dripping nose; snot
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
because of; owing to; due to
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
notice; attention; observation
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
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.)
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly