any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching; crunchies
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
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
dried squid; dried cuttlefish
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
(wandering) minstrel; troubadour
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
rational; reasonable; logical
(police) legwork; house-to-house inquiry; canvassing; investigation carried out by questioning neighbours, bystanders, etc.
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
living together; mixed residence; sharing living quarters; multi-tenant; community
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
projection; protrusion; lump; bulge
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
all around; as far as the eye can see
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
senior group member; leader among peers; (like) one's older brother; big brother
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
planned; scheduled; systematic