with the exception of; excepting; excluding
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
potato; French fries; chips; sweet potato
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
artificial feeding; accustoming wild animals to eating food given by humans
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
in that manner; like that
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to spend time (on doing something)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
at a loss for words; stumped for words
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
swaying (with large slow movements); shaking
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
how; in what way; circumstances
of tender years; very young
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection