with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
excursion; field trip; school trip
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
this world; this life; world of the living
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
beginning; outset; first; onset
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
test of one's strength; test of one's ability
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
ancient writing (i.e. Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
modern Japanese; current written style
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come