that is to say; so that means
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
discovery; detection; finding
come on; hurry up; chop chop; yeah; that's right; exactly
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
mediocrity; ordinary ability
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to be forward; to be impertinent
go on!; right!; here goes!
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
for example; for instance; e.g.
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to be true to nature; to be lifelike
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
society; the world; the times
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
to put on airs; to assume importance
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up