clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
until now; so far; up to the present
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
that's the way it is; such is life
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
time; hour; period; class
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
really; truly; indeed; good grief
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
technical skill; ability; capacity
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
than; from; out of; except; but; more