to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
to feel; to sense; to experience
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded