person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
image; figure; figure; form; image
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
subtracting points; points deducted
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
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
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
because of; owing to; due to
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding