eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
to recall; to remember; to recollect
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
quickly; swishing; whooshing
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
to be transparent; to show through
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
the opposite sex; isomerism
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to become decrepit; to become senile
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum