grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
so; like this; in this way
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog
to cut corners; to be shoddy
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
abundant harvest; bumper crop
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
black-market channels; illegal channels
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
in the same way as; just like
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
beginning; outset; first; onset
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
place; situation; position; location
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
go on!; right!; here goes!
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)