natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
had better ...; may as well ...
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
warming up sake; warmed sake
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
such; like that; that sort of; very
after a long time; for the first time in a while
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
there's no smoke without fire
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
to the best of my ability, poor though it be
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to pour into (liquids); to pump into