dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
guidance; protective custody
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
besides; in addition; also; moreover
one's original family name; maiden name
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance
all the questions (in an exam, quiz, etc.)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
bet; wager; stake; gamble
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
establishment (of a business); founding
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial