dealing with; coping with
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
influence; effect; impact
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
24 hours; twenty-four hours
to keep a watchful eye on
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
medical university; medical college; medical school
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
feeling; sense; impression
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
age thirty; one's thirties
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to attract someone with food
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)