serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
normalcy; normality; normal
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
not necessarily so; is not always true
rather; better; instead; if anything
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to be found; to be discovered
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
people; men and women; each person; everybody
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
degenerate; decadent; corrupt
form; shape; figure; visage
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
button (clothing); push-button
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
another thing; other things; another man's property