important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
winter vacation; winter holidays
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
promotion; raising of status
very likely; very probable
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
demotion; relegation; downgrading
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
place; situation; position; location
to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); quipu; quippu
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to be consistent; to be coherent
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
beginning; outset; first; onset
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you