grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
living thing; organism; creature; biology
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
lowest-ranking; one-star (hotel, restaurant, etc.)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
alone; by oneself; on one's own
the way back; the way home; return trip
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to buy more (of something)
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to be worn out (from domestic life)
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to subsist; to keep on living