daytime; during the day; Japan and China
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
by means of; due to; because of; according to
incompetent person; incapable person; person without legal capacity
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
even if ...; even supposing that ...
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
had better ...; had better not ...
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite