far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
large; big; grown (man, etc.); great (friend, etc.); huge (football fan, etc.)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
back off!; leave me alone!
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
electrical outlet; wall socket; power plug
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
recently; lately; these days
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)