basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
beloved child; dear child
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
taking leave (of a visited place); leaving; going home; leaving one's employment; quitting one's job; being dismissed
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
really; truly; indeed; good grief
having no memory of (having done something); having nothing to do with; having no knowledge of; knowing nothing about
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent