to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
radiant smile; contented smile
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
patting; stroking; caressing
pleasant (of a sensation); comfortable; cheerful; happy; smooth (of function); working well
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
first-class goods; A-grade product
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to be perturbed; to be agitated
ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death; rising to heaven
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
and yet; though; when; in spite of
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
senility; dotage; decrepitude
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) chanting the nembutsu into a horse's ear
as you see; as you can see; in accordance with what you see
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet