to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
essence; true nature; substance; reality
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
direct control; direct supervision
personification; impersonation; embodiment
you could say; you might say; verging on the
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
vigor; vigour; ardor; ardour; high spirits
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
originally; by nature; from the start
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to be softened; to calm down
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to apologize; to apologise
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug