to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
already; now; no longer; not any more
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
hung up; hoist; denounced; severely criticised; kangaroo court
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
how; in what way; by what means
rather; sooner; preferably
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
way (of doing); manner; method; means
impossible; unlikely; improbable
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough