obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
progress; advance; improvement; development
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
outrageous lie; outright lie
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
it is not (like that) either
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
dozens; scores of; decades
metre; meter; meter; gauge
such; like that; that sort of; very
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
genuine article; real thing; real deal
imagination; supposition; guess
anthropophobia; taijin kyofusho
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
loveable; very likeable; like very much
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive