convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
sharply; harshly; stingingly
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
impulse buying; impulse purchase
regret; repentance; remorse
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
feeling in one's bones; foreboding; premonition; presentiment; gut feeling; gut instinct
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season
feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun
lie; fib; falsehood; untruth
more than usual (usu. time)
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
seeming to want to say something; looking like one wants to give one's opinion
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to