bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
how; in what way; circumstances
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
like this; in this way; as you see
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to become sodden; to swell up; to become lazy
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
existence; possession; having; limited company
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
how long; how much; to what extent
piece; fragment; one (object)
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
anonymity; using an assumed name
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to look forward to something
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit