half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
to turn towards; to point
immediately carrying out (a plan)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
having said that; on the other hand
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
conviction; belief; confidence
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
solitude; loneliness; isolation
(not) even once; (not) ever
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
in this way; thus; such; uh...
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
beginning; outset; first; onset