endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
healthy; sound; wholesome
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
police officer; policeman; constable
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to be entwined; to be involved
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
suffix for familiar person
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
by myself; in person; by oneself
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
wildness (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
(distant) howling; backbiting
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
how; in what way; how about
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic