story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
indicate reason; infers some protest
reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
first-aid; emergency (aid)
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
way; method; means; resource; course
way one walks; one's walk
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to choke; to have trouble breathing
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
folklore studies; folkloristics
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
you could say; you might say; verging on the
occasionally; now and then; from time to time
study; research; investigation
literature; books (reference); document
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
to drift (to); to be washed ashore