hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
small number; few; minority
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
main text; original text; this book; this volume
prequel; retrospective (talk, etc.)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
3000; three thousand; many
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to have troubles; to have concerns
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to emphasize; to attach importance to
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
absorption; suction; attraction
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back