endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
hard to get; hard to come by
property; fortune; assets
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
tone-deafness; amusia; tone-deaf; off-key; having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
evening; last night; yesterday evening
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to entrust; to leave to a person
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)