important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
time; season; period; phase; stage
school record (on a student); transcript (of grades); confidential report
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
and yet; though; when; in spite of
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
that is to say; so that means
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)