serious; not joking; straight
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
cooperation; collaboration
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
planning; project; plan; design
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
bent back; indecisive attitude; timidity; lack of nerve
mainstream media; lamestream media
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion