competent; suitable; qualified
deliberate; careful; thoughtful; thoughtfulness; prudence
foresight; forethought; far-sighted plan; planning ahead
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
maid; helper; help; assistance
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
never mind!; don't worry about it
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
descendant; posterity; offspring
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
war; battle; match; game; competition
to take someone's life; to kill someone
ultimate; final; last; eventual
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.