I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
to be lacking in options; to be too few
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
how much; how many; to what extent
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
to try to do; to attempt to do
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
putting (a named suspect) on the wanted list
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
to need; to call for; to require
to be worried; to be troubled
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
by sheer strength; by brute force
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
alone; by oneself; on one's own
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
blacksmithing; forging; smithery; blacksmith; smith
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
(wandering) minstrel; troubadour
fengshui practitioner; fengshui master