oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
either way; in any case; one way or another
this, that and the other; this and that
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
ptoo (i.e. spitting sound); ptew; ptooey
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
having good knowledge of a certain matter; person who has good knowledge of a certain matter; informed source
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
like this; this sort; this way
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
one thin flat object; one sheet
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
absolute basics; very rudiments
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
from what (I've) seen; given that ...
to look at from a biased viewpoint; to look at with a prejudiced eye
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming