sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
motion sickness; travel sickness
nausea; sickness in the stomach
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
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to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
originally; by nature; from the start
how many people; a number of people
a considerable number; a fair number
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
unforgettable; impossible to forget; lucidly remember
to thrust before; to thrust at
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
to apologize; to apologise
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly