thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
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
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
young master; son of a high-ranking person
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to score points with (a person)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little