long ago; a long time ago; already
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
student (esp. a university student)
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
going around; patrol; round; tour
sumo (wrestling); sumo wrestler; rikishi
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
disabled soldier; crippled soldier
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
(length of one's) step; stride; pace
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive