time; hour; period; class
field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
evening; night; nighttime
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
near; close; beside; third person
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
by myself; in person; by oneself
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
principle of laissez-faire
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
literally; to the letter; literal
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
(period of) a year; during an era
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
apparent; obvious; very clear
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to show up; to appear; to turn up
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to stop walking; to pause