equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
sincere; earnest; serious
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
superior; superiors; senior
person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
considerably; greatly; a lot
true character; real nature
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
private citizen; civilian
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
as (for); for; in the capacity of
assessment (of value, damages, etc.); revision (of a budget)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
don't worry about it; forget about it
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
self-consciousness; self-awareness