what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to feel oneself indebted to
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
such; like that; that sort of; very
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
it is not (like that) either
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
that's the way it is; such is life
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
place where one works; construction site; working area