first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
practical; realistic; pragmatic
scholarship; learning; knowledge
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
instead; but (on the other hand)
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
composite; combined; complex
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
one part; one portion; one section
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
having a single meaning; allowing only one interpretation; unequivocal; principal; primary; most important
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
inadequacy; inappropriateness; unfitness; impropriety
superstition; superstitious belief
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to state; to express; to mention
to catch the eye; to attract attention
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them