and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
(how) many times; (how) often
to have a talk; to tell a story
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
living person; the living
one day; (on) a certain day
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
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...
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality