even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
every year; yearly; annually
to exile; to banish; to revise the wording of a phrase
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
man who brings the rain with him wherever he goes; man who is constantly unlucky with the weather
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
operation; functioning; running
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
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 take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
author; writer; novelist; artist
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
death from disease; death from illness
this world; this life; world of the living