period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
deep affection; dear; beloved
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
spring water; clear (pure) water
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
kappa; mythical water-dwelling creature; excellent swimmer; cucumber; cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
the way one works; one's working manner
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
I-novel; novel narrated in the first person
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
characteristic; feature; special quality
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
without; but if; otherwise; or else
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
all; entire; whole; altogether
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
natural (e.g. talent); innate; inborn; inherent
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to look down on; to make light of
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
fit for use; available; operational; practicable; usable
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning