almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
name and address (on an envelope, etc.); (addressee's) name; addressee
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
(present) head of a family
to trick; to cheat; to deceive
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to write down one after another; to enumerate; to list; to write at length; to write on and on; to go on writing
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers
vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow
way of talking; speaking style
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to make an appearance; to show up
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval