year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
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
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
time; hour; period; class
number one; first; best; most; game; round
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
serious; not joking; straight
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
one's house; one's home; one's family
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...