shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to lose sight of; to miss
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
reform; reformation; reorganization
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
political measures; policy
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
few decades; many decades; several decades
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
several years; a few years
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
time; hour; period; class
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful