as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
how; in what way; how about
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to praise (to the skies); to sing the praises (of); to extol
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
excursion; field trip; school trip
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
at first; initially; in the beginning
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite