measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
new building; new construction
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently