to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
opening and shutting; opening and closing
shoji (paper sliding door)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
to understand (each other); to comprehend
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
such; like that; that sort of; very
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
subscriber; reader; admirer
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to complete decisively; to do to completion
around 40 (years of age, esp. women)
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
boy; son; baby boy; young man
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after