safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
end of the fiscal year; end of the school year
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
sense of loss; feeling of loss
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
at first; in the beginning; originally
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
physical condition; state of health
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
persecution complex; paranoia
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
to have a relationship; to have relations
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
act of obscenity; obscene act; lewd act; indecent act; indecent conduct; indecent behavior
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
however; having said that; but