professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
author; writer; novelist; artist
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
novel; story; (work of) fiction
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
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general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
obscene; indecent; salacious; lascivious; lewd
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
tool; implement; means; furniture
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise