lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
middle of the night; dead of night
literally; to the letter; literal
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
as (for); for; in the capacity of
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
lamentation; deploring; admiration; praise
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
contract; compact; agreement
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
the relation of master to servant
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
regret; repentance; remorse
inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing