few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
time; season; period; phase; stage
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to sink (into); to get depressed
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
yacht (esp. a sailing boat with one mast); sailing boat; sailboat
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
very interesting; of great interest
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
literary woman; talented woman
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable