(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
second grade; medium quality; average; middle class; secondary grade
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
story; tale; talk; discussion
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
summer vacation; summer holiday
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
school expenses; education fund
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
half a ri (distance measure)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
at that time; in those days
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)