to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
results; record; grades; marks
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
foster father; adoptive father
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
one day; (on) a certain day
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol
house where one was born; one's parents' house
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
society; public; community; social studies
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
though; notwithstanding; although
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)