things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
leaving; quitting; retiring
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
light (e.g. colour, color)
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
progress; being under way
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
you (plural); all of you; you all
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
serious look (on one's face); straight face
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
to cease; to stop; to be over
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
this world; this life; world of the living
discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
classification; assortment; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
to jump at; to be attracted by
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
expression; look; countenance; face
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
hi; hello; hey; listen!; oh; come on!
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
-less; lacking; non-existing
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
to give a broad grin; to smirk
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
to gain in skill; to improve; to get better
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but