to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
exterior; packaging; cladding; armor (armour); arm
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
to join together; to combine; to join up
skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
overlapping; piling; stacking
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
fate; destiny; predestination
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
and yet; though; when; in spite of
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
almost; roughly; approximately
conviction; belief; confidence
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
how long; how much; to what extent
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
shelving; pigeonholing; putting to one side; strangling; throttling; crushing