irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
pointing out; identification
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliche; frequently used musical (guitar) phrase
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
using as an intermediary; through
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
transmitter; homing device
interception (email); wiretap; bug
to say; to tell; to state; to do
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
very much; very many; more and more
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
action; operation; effect; function
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
place; room; margin; scope
among these; between these; of these
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money