to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
two persons; two people; pair; couple
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
senior high school student
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
suffix for familiar person
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
feeling; sense; impression
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
last night; yesterday evening
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while