promotion; raising of status
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
six (long cylindrical things)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
tedious; boring; being fed up with
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
story; tale; talk; discussion
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
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
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date