one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
invitation; introduction; temptation
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
patterns of thinking; train of thought
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
the opposite sex; isomerism
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
difficult to ...; hard to ...
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to hide; to keep to oneself
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
trauma (usu. psychological)
to have a meal; to take a meal
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to boil strongly; to be excited
I agree with you; it is as (someone) says
outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, to vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to state; to express; to mention
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
all present; all concerned; all of us
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence