story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
hard worker; hardworking person
to follow another's example
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
to be possessed by an evil spirit; to be tempted; to give in to an urge; to succumb to temptation
a little; a bit; slightly
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to laugh away; to laugh off
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
living; life; judo art of resuscitation; action; activity
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check