such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
just one person; only one
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
article; news story; report; account
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to jump at; to be attracted by
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
that's true; of course; obviously
to be stingy; to be tightfisted
talking about one's misfortunes; tales of one's misfortunes
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to