to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
two times; twice; two degrees
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
alien (from another planet)
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
surely (not); certainly (not)
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to go along; to walk along; to follow
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
pulsation; pulsatory motion
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
the lower classes; the common people
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
to make a speech; to address
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation