why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
genius; prodigy; natural gift
chink in the armor (armour)
chop (pro wrestling move); knifehand strike; chop (pork, lamb, etc.); chop (tennis); chop stroke
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
body; group; party; company; troupe
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
10,000,000; ten million; extremely large number; myriad
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
don't you think?; indicates question
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
scenery; scene; landscape
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
great; grand; (arch.) obstinate; (arch.) stubborn