in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
to proceed though deadlocked; to be carried over (e.g. to next meeting); to go into a shootout (e.g. sport)
to a great extent; incredibly (tasty, much, etc.); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
settlement out of court; private settlement
depending on; dependent on
intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of
way; method; means; resource; course
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
honour; honor; glory; privilege
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
underarm hair; armpit hair
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
such; this sort of; like this
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability