piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
totally willing; fully motivated
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to collapse; to fall down (in a heap)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to make a living; to earn a livelihood; to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
master; teacher; stable master
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to some extent; to a certain extent
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
all; entire; whole; altogether
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal