hallway slippers; indoor shoes
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
sorry; excuse me; thank you
high mountain; lofty peak
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
although I say; although one might say; although called
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
understood; I see; OK; present; here
lost article; something forgotten
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
stairs; stairway; staircase
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
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)