wooden joints; paired karate kata; beltwork
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
newcomer; initiate; rookie
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
in person; personally; directly
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
one's best interests; one's own good
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
duty; function; office; mission; task
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless