example; illustration; precedent
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
real experience; actual observations
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
journal; magazine; periodical
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
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copulation (among animals); mating; treading; covering; serving
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to shake; to waver; to tremble
talk; story; conversation
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
how long; how far; how much
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
this and that; one thing and another
billionaire; multimillionaire; very rich person
to admire a person's courage; to approve of someone's ambition