to move;  to stir;  to operate;  to run;  to make a move;  to take action;  to be touched
 to talk;  to chat;  to chatter
 how many years;  how long;  what year
 throughout;  over a period of ...;  over a span of ...
 to stay indoors;  to be confined indoors
 parent;  parents;  dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.);  banker;  founder;  inventor;  (pet) owner
 trouble;  bother;  trouble;  difficulty;  care;  attention
 to see everything;  to see all;  to abandon;  to give up;  to sell at a loss;  to sell off
 as if (something untrue were actually true);  like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
 dead body;  corpse;  cadaver;  carcass
 anyhow;  anyway;  somehow or other;  apart from ...;  setting ... aside
 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
 human being;  human;  person;  character (of a person)
 when;  at what time;  how soon;  normal times;  ordinary days
 to keep;  to preserve;  to hold;  to last;  to endure;  to keep well (food)
 in short;  the point is;  the important thing is;  in a word;  basically
 mostly;  nearly;  practically;  well-nigh;  almost invariably;  all but
 (period of) a year;  during an era
 next (e.g. "next April");  forthcoming;  coming;  to come;  to arrive;  to be due to
 to disappear;  to vanish;  to go out (of a fire, light, etc.);  to die;  to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.);  to vanish (e.g. of hope);  to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
 to be lost (e.g. luggage);  to be missing;  to be used up;  to be run out;  to disappear (e.g. pain);  to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
 to notice;  to recognize;  to recognise;  to become aware of;  to perceive;  to realize
 that is so;  that is right;  it looks to me;  people say that;  it is said that;  I hear that
 year;  counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school);  period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
 class meeting;  classroom assembly
 to miss;  to overlook;  to let pass (a matter);  to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing);  to pass up (e.g. an opportunity);  to let (a good ball) go by
 childhood friend;  friend from infancy;  old playmate
 to recall;  to remember;  to recollect
 it is ... that ...;  precisely;  although;  while;  it is precisely because ... that ...;  only because ...
 imperial lands;  lands blessed by the emperor's reign
 to deceive;  to falsify;  to dodge;  to beg the question (issue, difficulties);  to varnish over;  to gloss over
 by means of;  due to;  because of;  according to
 slowly;  unhurriedly;  easily (e.g. in time);  well;  well (e.g. sleep);  comfortably
 (death from) starvation;  starving to death
 and;  and then;  thus;  and now;  and finally
 after that;  afterwards;  thereafter
 to rot;  to go bad;  to corrode;  to weather;  to become useless;  to blunt;  to become depraved
 decomposition;  ulceration
 to melt;  to thaw;  to fuse;  to dissolve
 to cut;  to cut through;  to sever (connections, ties);  to turn off (e.g. the light);  to terminate (e.g. a conversation);  to hang up (the phone);  to punch (a ticket)
 somewhere;  anywhere;  in some respects