to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
very young; little; childish; immature
rather; better; instead; if anything
to knead thoroughly; to work up; to concoct; to make up
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
item; something that one "just has to have"
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
that's the way it is; such is life
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
at least; at most; (even) just
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
riskiness; (level of) danger
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
river; stream; River; the ... river
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition