outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
meaning; significance; sense
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
basis for decision; evidence for judging
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
looking pale; looking unwell
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
close-fitting trousers; long underwear
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
Japanese person; Japanese people
that is to say; so that means
sympathy; compassion; pity