ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
that's the way it is; such is life
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
book; volume; this; present; main; head
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
already; now; no longer; not any more
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
very; extremely; excessively
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
tranquillity and peace; tranquility and peace; peaceful and uneventful
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
friendly relations; social relations; social life
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set