by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
distant look; faraway look
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
hateful; detestable; loathsome
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to lose sight of; to miss
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw
to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
something like ...; something called ...
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
to ask a question; to ask questions
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
don't you think?; indicates question
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen