to grow taller (of people)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
loose (of clothing); baggy; flabby; saggy; sloshing; slopping
I see; that's right; indeed
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to burst into bud; to sprout; to have a crush; to be infatuated
sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
future (usually near); prospects
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
company; corporation; workplace
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
while; during; while; although; all; both
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
number one; first; best; most; game; round
reality; actuality; hard fact
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on