strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
surely (not); certainly (not)
someone; unknown person; I; me
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
emergency; accident; worst case; unexpected occurrence
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
person with a humble salary; person of a low condition
successfully; with success
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to leave as is; to ignore
3rd day of the month; three days
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
to feel depressed; to be down
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
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)
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
to admire (someone's courage); to approve of (someone's ambition)
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull