place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
while; even though; despite
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
time; hour; period; class
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply