essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
error; mistake; slip; bug
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
easy-peasy; easy; simple; pleasant; comfortable; comfy
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
he; she; that person; (arch.) you