year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
being born between January 1 and April 1 (school entrance date)
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
this year; this fiscal year; this school year
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
unexpected meeting; coincidence
what shape?; what type?; which model?; which blood group?
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
type A (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
how; in what way; how about
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to walk away; to saunter off
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen