is that so?; I see; right; oh
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
difference; disparity; gap
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
iron pipe; steel pipe; metal pipe
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to pierce through; to break through
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
somehow; for some reason or other
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
descendant; progeny; offspring
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
(connecting) passageway; accessway; walk-through; skyway; sky bridge
place for relaxation and refreshment
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
buying up of goods; cornering (market)
such; this sort of; like this
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances (for something); to bear (something) in mind; to ebb and flow
accounting; administration (of money)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
ventriloquism; throwing one's voice
stroll in the air (e.g. leisurely helicopter, airplane ride)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault