(not so) much; (not) very
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)
perfectionist; enthusiast; zealot
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
delicious; appetizing; appetising
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
one chance; only opportunity; maybe; perhaps; one-night stand
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
change; alteration; modification
time axis; time basis; timeline
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
copy-and-paste; copypasta; block of text which is copied and pasted across the Internet
wherein; therein; thereinto
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
while; even though; despite
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
considerably; greatly; a lot
rising tide; incoming tide; flood tide; surge (in popularity, power, etc.); upswing
Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea