today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
centre; center; center fielder
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
solid (body); solid matter; solid food
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
taking a straight look at something; looking someone in the eyes
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to this extent; to this degree; this much
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
to be stingy; to be tightfisted; to look shabby; to appear wretched
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
back country; remote countryside
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
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)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
all over; all over the place; everywhere
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
vigorously; at a great pace; greatly
rare; uncommon; unusual; rare; lightly cooked
to be collected (of clams, etc.); to be gathered (of mushrooms, herbs, etc.); to be picked (of fruit, etc.); to be able to collect; to be able to extract; to be able to get