today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
ill will; malice; evil intent
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to apologize; to apologise
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to say no more; to sink into silence
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
in the same way as; just like
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored