memories; recollections; reminiscence
stairs; stairway; staircase
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
in the morning; during the morning
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
unidentifiable; unidentified
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
recommendation; referral; endorsement
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
inside one's heart; in one's mind
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
mall; maul (in rugby); mole; Moor; molding
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
my husband; one's family; family member
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
where one has gone to; place one has gone to; (outing) destination
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
economical; comparatively cheap