to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
by myself; in person; by oneself
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
performance; appearance (in a stage, film, TV show, etc.)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
sharing a room, flat, apartment, or house (with roommates, flatmates, etc.)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
after that; afterwards; thereafter
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
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
how long; how far; how much
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
had better ...; had better not ...
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to go with the flow; to go with the times
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?