surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
how many years; how long; what year
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to forget to say; to forget to mention
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
close; intimate; on good terms
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
draw; tie; quits; even; square
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to repeat; to do something over again
to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious
crossed eyes; convergent strabismus
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
(relating to) gender; sex; sexual
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so