unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
mediator; manager; caretaker
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
free time; time at leisure
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
time; hour; period; class
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
absolute basics; very rudiments
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
adds force or indicates command
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
description; describing; depicting
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
genuine article; real thing; real deal
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in