circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
than; from; out of; except; but; more
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
had better ...; had better not ...
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
from the beginning; from scratch
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
considerably; fairly; quite
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
as a child; when one was a child
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
since then; from that time; ever since
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at