state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
is that so?; I see; right; oh
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
flaunting; showing off; display (of power, wealth, etc.); ostentation
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
discovery; detection; finding
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
wooded country; wooded (timber) region; woodland; woodlands
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
surgical method; operative method; surgical technique; technique; mechanism of a jutsu
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
simple; simplified; easy; plain
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe