focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; viewpoint; point one is trying to make
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
myself; yourself; I; me; you
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
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.)
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to collect; to assemble; to gather
negotiations; discussions; connection
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
testimony; (verbal) evidence
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
formal marriage interview
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
marriage fraud; fake marriage
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat