I appreciate your efforts
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
appreciation; thanks; gratitude
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
only; merely; but; no more than
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
first thing after rising; as soon as getting up
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to drink up; to drain (cup)
how long; how much; to what extent
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
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)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
hospitalization; hospitalisation
second day of the month; two days
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
originally; by nature; from the start
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
function; facility; faculty; feature
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
sign; indication; omen; symptom
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
real intention; true motive; true meaning