war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to talk; to chat; to chatter
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
chopsticks; (something) at hand; (in) one's possession; (near) one's hands
switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change
please (give me); please (do for me)
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
nothing but; except; no more than
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
then; well; so; well then
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also