to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
single word; a few words; brief comment
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
thereupon; shortly thereafter
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
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
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
in the same way as; just like
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel