conviction; belief; confidence
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
relation; connection; affinity
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
how; in what way; how about; questionable
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
satisfactory; desirable; favourable; seeming (to be); appearing
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to hurt someone's feelings; to offend someone
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
thorough investigation; close inquiry; pursuit (e.g. of the truth)
cross-examination; retort; asking in return
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
essentially the same with only minor differences
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
bone marrow; medulla; heart's core; depths of one's heart; main point; vital part
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
the hundredth year; out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope; rare chance; unusually good fortune