year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
new student; freshman; first-year student
not a little; not a few; considerable
every year; yearly; annually
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
occasional; infrequent; rare
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
first person to say something; first person to suggest something
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
to plant oneself; to settle in; to be well-established (e.g. of a religion in a particular area); to have taken root
to drive (a car) around; to ride (a bicycle) around
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
nausea; sickness in the stomach
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
drinking fountain; water fountain; bubbler; (animal) watering hole; water hole
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)