nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
to have a talk; to tell a story
world; society; people; the public
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
the place for; the time for; the level of
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
support; backing; patronage
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
way of speaking; intimation
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
sooner or later; in time; eventually
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
equality; impartiality; evenness
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
parents and siblings; one's relatives