to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
blond hair; blonde hair; golden hair
drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
genuine article; real thing; real deal
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
retainer; attendant; escort
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
work clothes; business suit
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
convenient; handy; useful
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
height (of a person); stature
in order; in turn; one by one
wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously