play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
existence; being; presence
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
meaning; significance; sense
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
is that so?; I see; right; oh
globalization; globalisation
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
racial or national characteristics
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
rational; reasonable; logical
interest; appeal; attraction; fun