important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
in one's own way or style
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
weariness; boredom; tedium; tiresomeness
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to take off one's glasses
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
river; stream; River; the ... river
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
(some) more; even more; longer; further
else; in addition; besides
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
true state; actual condition; reality
to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember