therapeutic agent; remedy; medicine; drug; cure
to state; to express; to mention
to hinder; to obstruct; to adversely affect
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
to make (a person) pay for (something)
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
hearsay; learning by hearsay
indescribable; having no way to express
to be surprising; to be shocking; to be jaw-dropping
incommunicative; taciturn
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
manicure; nail polish; nail varnish
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
point-scoring; scoring Brownie points
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
practice; practising; experience
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial