to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
third-year student; third-year pupil
life; living; I; me; student
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
fine weather; fair weather
bow-wow; woof; wah-wah; bawling; clamouring; clamoring
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
tornado; whirlwind; waterspout; twister
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to face; to go towards; to head towards
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; weed; cannabis
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
like this; this sort; this way
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with