you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
separate case; another matter
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
reception room; parlor; parlour
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
major incident; major happening; big scandal
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
not caring; not giving a damn
dozens; scores of; decades
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
oilily; slimily; slipperily
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)