reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
sharing; division; draw; tie
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
such; like that; that sort of; very
summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to slide into; to slip into
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
just a minute; small quantity
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
talk; story; conversation
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to need; to call for; to require
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
close; intimate; on good terms
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with