choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
to be discouraged; to shrink from
main question; real issue at hand
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
dealing with; coping with
information; experience; knowledge; observation
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to cause a person trouble
secrecy; highly classified information
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
history; pedigree; lineage
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
to live; to reside; to inhabit
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
independence; self-reliance
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work