surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
father; dad; husband; you; he
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
section manager; section chief
it's been a long time; long time no see
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
meaning; significance; sense
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but