hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
personality-wise; by nature; characteristic
riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
and; thereupon; because of that
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
instead; but (on the other hand)
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than