-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
Western-style house (esp. one built in the Meiji or Taisho periods)
comparatively; relatively
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to throw away; to abandon
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot; empty point
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
surroundings; environs; circumference
to look around; to survey
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
discovery; detection; finding
there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
to push back; to press back; to force back
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
(state of) house arrest; (state of) confinement
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
scenery; scene; landscape
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
schedule; program; calendar
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
magical; sorcerous; incantatory
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
extent; scope; sphere; range; span