theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
early on; earlier on; from early
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
environment; circumstance
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
good family; respectable family; decent family
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
unheard-of; unprecedented
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
infancy; childhood; tender age
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
multiplication table; times table
thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
derailment; digression; deviation
to lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum
gathering place; labour camp for drifters, criminals, etc. (Edo period); entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre)