was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
everybody; every last one of them; all
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to comfort; to console; to amuse
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
comfort; consolation; diversion
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
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
time; hour; period; class
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion