exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
cares; ill feeling; reserve
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
pronunciation; production of sound
difficult to ...; hard to ...
godparent; first person to give something its name
relation; connection; relevance
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to become empty; to be emptied
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to take a breath; to take a short rest
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
region; limits; stage; level
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
due form; official; formality