flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
greeting; a fine thing to say
munching; crunching; (lightly) scratching (an itch)
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
to underrate; to make light of
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
actor; actress; player; performer
grandfather; male senior-citizen
retort; back talk; backchat
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to shout; to cry (out); to yell; to scream; to clamour
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
premature death; untimely death; dying young
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
only recently; just of late
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict
although I say; although one might say; although called
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
unnatural death; accidental death; violent death
charming; fascinating; attractive
heading; headline; index; headword
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with