terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
document; reportage; documentary; documentation
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
reality; actuality; hard fact
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
ordinary person; unenlightened person
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
way; method; means; resource; course
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
such; like that; that sort of; very
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
this and that; one thing and another
split; division; break up