appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
maintaining the status quo
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to drive (a car) around; to ride (a bicycle) around
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
same; similar; (just) like; equal
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
self-consciousness; self-awareness
over-fond parent; doting parent
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
please; somehow or other; one way or another
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
just a minute; small quantity
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
rare (or peculiar) animal
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up