start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
curse; spell; malediction
unnatural death; accidental death; violent death
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
frequency (of occurrence)
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
mob; crowd of people; background character (in a manga, anime, etc.); mob (in a video game); non-player character
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
if so; in that case; in that situation
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to begin to walk; to set out
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
on the way home from work
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
home; household; family; hearth
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
putting on the market; putting on sale; making commercially available; commercial; off-the-shelf; store-bought
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
race (of people); type of person
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
environment; surroundings; circumstances
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
to breathe out; to exhale
instant noodles sold in a cup; cup noodles
clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships