beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
to lend an ear to; to listen to
what sort of; what kind of; what way
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
product; produce; result; fruit
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to sustain a serious wound
secret; private; surreptitious
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to happen to meet; to come across
to have a talk; to tell a story
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
time; season; period; phase; stage
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
treating someone like a child
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
family; relatives; dependents; household
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
gradually; slowly but steadily
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather