to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
book; volume; this; present; main; head
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
item; something that one "just has to have"
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
and yet; though; when; in spite of
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to amuse oneself; to make merry
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to concern; to be related
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...