to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
confidence; trust; faith; credit
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
every person; each one; everybody
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
absence due to illness; sick leave
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls