alteration; falsification; faking
having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery; habitual movement of one's hands; marks from being handled often
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
really; truly; indeed; good grief
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
exactly!; surely!; that's it!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
genuine article; real thing; real deal
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
loveable; very likeable; like very much
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...