Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
please; somehow or other; one way or another
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
general; popular; common; typical
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
with these words; while saying
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
rebound; relapse after a diet; regaining lost weight; return of symptoms after withdrawal of medicine
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
adviser; advisor; consultant
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
splitting the cost; Dutch treat
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
declaration; proclamation; announcement
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care