release; liberation; acquittal
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
how; in what way; by what means
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
dead men tell no tales; the dead cannot speak in their own defense
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
crummy; shabby; petty; lousy; puny; cheap
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
home; household; family; hearth
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
to need; to call for; to require
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
none of your business; not your concern
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)