to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
height (of a person); stature
movie; film; motion picture
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
novel; story; (work of) fiction
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
farmer; farming family; farmhouse; School of Agrarianism (China); School of Agronomists
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
working adult; full-fledged member of society
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of charge); freelance; independent; freelancer; one-size-fits-all; free skating
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
general idea; concept; notion
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
lie; fib; falsehood; untruth
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
childish; childlike; immature; infantile
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
to accept; to receive; to agree
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
else; in addition; besides