reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
to be quick-witted; to be tactful; to be sensible
to drink up; to drink to the last drop; to drink (a glass) dry; to drain (one's glass); to empty; to down (a drink)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
that well-known ...; the one and only ...; that; those; the
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
breakwater; mole; seawall; bulwark; shield (e.g. against critcism); protective barrier
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
letter breaking off with someone; Dear John letter
at that time; in those days
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
phrase; phrase; strawberry
disgusting; sickening; revolting; nauseating
settlement; immigration; entering a (Japanese) settlement
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
unusual occurrence; variation; mutation
reimportation; reimport; reverse import; (cultural, etc.) reverse import (e.g. California rolls being introduced in Japan)
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
woman; female; feminine gender
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
to be by far the best; to be much better; to excel; to be exceptional; to be prominent; to be outstanding
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
inconspicuous; unobtrusive; low-profile
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
resolute; determined; bold
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
one day; (on) a certain day
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
arranging; ordering; sequence (e.g. DNA sequence); arrangement; array
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)