I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
marriage between co-workers
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
control; check; restraint; inhibition
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
overage (player, i.e. one older than 23 in an under-23 tournament)
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
curse; spell; malediction
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
already; now; no longer; not any more
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
trivial; not amounting to much
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth