yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
name; given name; first name
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
sympathy; compassion; pity
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
good at storytelling; good at telling (funny) stories; having the gift of gab
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
preparation; arrangements
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
close; intimate; on good terms
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
time; hour; period; class
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
forcibly; against one's will
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
had better ...; had better not ...
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted