absence; disregard; indifference
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to mix; to stir; to blend
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
such ... as; or some such
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
older sister; elder sister
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
senior high school student
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
by myself; in person; by oneself