certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
until now; so far; up to the present
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to recall; to remember; to recollect
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to replace; to move; to change the position of
myself; yourself; I; me; you
unexpectedly; surprisingly
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
no, not like that (but like this)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
all you want; as much as one wants
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)