these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
dwelling; house; residence; address
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
rumor; rumour; gossip; report
affected part; diseased part; wound
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
sentimental; on an emotional level; in one's heart
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
from now; from this moment; henceforth
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
evening meal; dinner; supper
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
opening and shutting; opening and closing
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
perfect; complete; flawless
on hand; readily available
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
even though; despite; when