number one; first; best; most; game; round
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
(having) two choices; choice between two things
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to be silent; to say nothing
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
good news; happy news; glad tidings
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with