from the beginning; from scratch
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
genius; prodigy; natural gift
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
many; much; plenty; hardly
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
rational; reasonable; logical
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
energy problems; energy issues
settlement; solution; resolution
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
by means of; due to; because of; according to
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction