to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
to ring (a bell); to strike (a gong, drum, etc.); to beat; to sound
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
like this; in this way; as you see
combat power; fighting strength
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
morning assembly (at a company, school, etc.); morning gathering
although I say; although one might say; although called
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
getting stuck in a rut; becoming stereotyped
frequency (of occurrence)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
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)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)