vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to overdo; to do too much
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor
then; well; so; well then
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
rather than; more ... than ...
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
debt collection; debt collector
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
else; in addition; besides
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
myself; yourself; I; me; you
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
sincere; honest; faithful
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman