investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
physical examination; medical checkup; frisking; pat-down; search
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
civilized person; civilized people
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
internal organs; intestines; viscera
organ (of body, plant, etc.)
composition; constitution
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
road construction; roadworks; road repairs
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
upper reaches of a river; upstream
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
fire department (in Japan, composed of on call civilian firefighters)
young persons' association
to collect; to assemble; to gather
mine (ours) for the taking; something under one's full control
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
like this; in this way; as you see
environment; circumstance
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
to be surprised; to be astonished
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say