to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
so; therefore; and; (and) then
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
willpower; energy; vitality
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
several people; a few people
story; tale; talk; discussion
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
rather than; more ... than ...
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
old friend; old acquaintance
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
when it becomes; when it comes to
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
something; some kind of; for some reason