indicates reason or excuse;  indicates dissatisfaction;  indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
 number one;  first;  best;  most;  game;  round
 to be called ...;  to be referred to as ...
 company;  lot;  bunch;  troupe;  company (of musicians)
 truth;  reality;  proper;  right;  genuine;  authentic
 terrible;  dreadful;  amazing (e.g. of strength);  great (e.g. of skills);  to a great extent;  vast (in numbers)
 extra;  more;  unnecessary;  needless;  all the more;  even more
 -ness;  indicates assertion;  come;  come now
 that sort of;  that kind of;  like that;  such;  so
 rural area;  countryside;  the sticks;  hometown
 smallness;  small item;  short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days);  elementary school;  smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name);  inferior;  younger (of two people with the same name)
 inside;  interior;  among;  within;  middle;  center;  during
 to leave;  to exit;  to leave (on a journey);  to depart;  to move forward;  to come to;  to get to
 elder brother;  one's senior;  older man;  man older than oneself
 things like;  something like;  someone like;  such a thing as;  (the fact) that;  to think that
 neighboring village;  neighbouring village
 to put on airs;  to act big;  to throw one's weight about;  to be overbearing;  to be domineering;  to be bossy
 to turn up;  to roll up (e.g. sleeves);  to do over and over again;  to do relentlessly;  to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.);  to come from behind
 henchman;  follower; (arch.)  adopted child
 guy;  fellow;  chap;  bastard;  asshole;  arsehole
 more and more;  all the more;  at last;  finally;  (at the) last moment;  worst possible time
 first;  foremost;  most important;  best;  greatest;  above all
 step;  stride;  counter for steps
 to be in high spirits;  to be full of vigor (vigour);  to be enthusiastic;  to be eager;  to stretch to breaking point
 to pass through;  to pass by;  to pass (of time);  to elapse;  to have expired;  to have ended;  to exceed
 absurd;  unreasonable;  excessive;  very;  extremely;  excessively
 pardon;  forgiveness;  forbearance
 to entrust (e.g. a task) to another;  to leave to;  to passively leave to someone else's facilities;  to leave to take its natural course;  to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim);  to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
 to approach;  to draw near;  to get close;  to get acquainted with;  to get closer to;  to get to know
 to have a cramp;  to be pulled too tight
 information;  news;  intelligence;  information;  data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
 to stream;  to flow (liquid, time, etc.);  to be washed away;  to be carried;  to drift;  to float (e.g. clouds);  to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
 to start;  to begin;  to start up (a business, society, etc.);  to open (e.g. a store);  to start ...;  to begin to ...
 to drop;  to lose;  to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.);  to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair);  to lose (a match);  to reject (an applicant);  to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
 human being;  human;  person;  character (of a person)
 to collect;  to assemble;  to gather
 massacre;  annihilation;  wholesale slaughter
 seeming ...;  appearing ...;  -ish;  like a ...;  typical of ...
 old person;  senior citizen;  the aged;  the elderly
 female;  woman;  female sex;  female lover;  girlfriend;  mistress
 up through;  up until;  down to;  from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe);  everything from ... to ...
 every one (of them);  (one and) all;  without exception;  to a man;  to the last person