preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
showing one's face in public; facing another person
being good-for-nothing; useless person
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
every month; each month; monthly
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
weekend; Saturday and Sunday
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
look; glance; sight; summary; list; table
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to unfold; to unroll; to open
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
easily moved to tears; given to weeping; lachrymose
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to feel; to sense; to experience
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information