the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
family; members of a family
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
imagination; supposition; guess
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
only; merely; but; no more than
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
future; possible; potential; prospective
dozens; scores of; decades
millions; several million; a few million
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
verbal message; word (from someone)
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends