shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
two times; twice; two degrees
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
first meeting; first interview with
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
to change places (with); to be replaced (with, by); to be changed; to change (seats, shifts, etc.; with someone); to switch; to exchange
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
myself; yourself; I; me; you
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 ...)
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
how; in what way; how about
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
older sister; elder sister
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
genius; prodigy; natural gift