common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
dust jacket; book jacket; dust wrapper; dust cover
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
actor with excellent acting abilities (as opposed to just good looks); actor of real skill
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
to begin to walk; to set out
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
nictitation; winking; palpebration; (arch.) moment; (arch.) instant; (arch.) second
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
beyond that point; after that
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
positive (e.g. thinking); positive; positive (pole); anode
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)