enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
letter; missive; note; mail
for the first time in one's life
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
memory; sense; experience
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
professor; teaching; instruction
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
my husband; one's family; family member
that kind; competition; match
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
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
world; society; people; the public
to be needed; to be wanted
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
useful thing; usable article
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
bakery; baker; pastry shop
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour