whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
for example; for instance; e.g.
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to find out; to discover; to locate
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to finish; to end; to close
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
set of three; three sets; three classes
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
admiration; wonder; astonishment
to be silent; to say nothing
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
does not match (one's, its) appearance
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
to give an address (before a large number of people); to give a forceful speech