a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
even if; even though; however; no matter how
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
of course; certainly; naturally
new student; freshman; first-year student
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
meaning; significance; sense
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
book; volume; this; present; main; head
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
fragment; splinter; wane (of the Moon)