endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
all; entire; whole; altogether
pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
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
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
way (of doing); manner; method; means
genuine article; real thing; real deal
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
disinformation; false information
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
I see; that's right; indeed
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
circulation of the blood; apprehension
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
now; the present time; just now; another; more
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to lure someone; to entice someone
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk