it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
book title; heading; topic; subject; Nichiren Buddhist chant
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to knock down; to utterly defeat
my sympathies; that's too bad; my condolences
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
selection; choice; option
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
selfishness; selfish motive
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
in name only; titular; nominal
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
distrust; unjust suspicion
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
satisfying; pleasing; gratifying