vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
charming; fascinating; attractive
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry); story composition and development
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
for example; for instance; e.g.
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
such ... as; or some such
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
anecdote; brief (comic) story
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed