materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
bedside; near one's pillow
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
final; eventual; ultimate
unpredictability; element of surprise
last scene (e.g. of a movie); closing scene
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to be touching; to be moving
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
natural span of life; 250 years old
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
how; in what way; circumstances
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough