and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
throwaway; disposable; single-use
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
representative; exemplary; model
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
technique; art; skill; move
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
members; member; constituent
tool; implement; means; furniture
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to be surprising; to be shocking; to be jaw-dropping
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side