I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
measure; square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper); box (e.g. on a form)
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to push away; to push aside; to shove
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
place; situation; position; location
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
beginning; outset; first; onset
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
mass; mass (media, production, etc.); masturbation
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
function; facility; faculty; feature
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
modulation (of voice); variation; variety; liveliness (e.g. of writing style)