manipulation of information; spin
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
honorific/polite/humble prefix
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
serious; not joking; straight
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively