common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
life; living; I; me; student
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
samurai and common people
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
(wind or human-powered) warship
job; work; duties; trade; skill
successive jobs; consecutive jobs
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
Cartago (Costa Rica); Carthago
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
the whole area; all areas
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
doing transport-related work
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
full; wholehearted; utmost; overall width
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that