empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
express; special delivery
elopement; running away with a lover
news; word; tidings; omen
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
public telephone; pay phone
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
disinheritance; disowning
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me