unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
white gem (esp. a pearl); rice flour dumpling; white-flowered camellia
to name; to call; to christen; to term
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
treatment; service; handling; management
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
rare; uncommon; not often seen
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
combination; arrangement; distribution; marrying off
nature; property; disposition
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to begin; to set about; to start
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
profitable plan; good plan
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
blacksmith's workshop; smithy; forge; foundry
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
processing technology; processing technique