illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
single-mother household; fatherless family
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
earnings from a part-time job
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
that is to say; so that means
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
large amount of money; great cost
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
than; from; out of; except; but; more
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
carbon monoxide poisoning