or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; (lit.) for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
meaning; called; named; that says; that
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)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
considerably; greatly; a lot
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
opening and shutting; opening and closing
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays