lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
number of persons; personnel
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
until now; so far; up to the present
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
so; like this; in this way
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...