is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
society; the world; the times
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
in the meanwhile; during the time
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
paid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex); compensated dating
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
but; however; provided that
failure; mistake; blunder
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
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