avoiding or dodging responsibility
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
to love greatly; to love beyond all else
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to be found; to be discovered
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
due form; official; formality
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
chief vassal; senior statesman
all present; all concerned; all of us
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
action; operation; effect; function
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
rood (measure of land area)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
guess; conjecture; supposition; inference
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
loveable; very likeable; like very much
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
impossible; unlikely; improbable