to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
difficult to ...; hard to ...
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
myself; yourself; I; me; you
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to talk; to chat; to chatter
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...