no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent
the front; honest; upright; decent
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
shallow thinking; superficial view; insufficient consideration
by nature; naturally; by birth; since birth; in one's (entire) life
possible; conceivable; likely; probable
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
a long, long time ago; very long ago
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
that is to say; so that means
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
duplicity; treachery; double-dealing
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
blunder; bungle; gaffe; bungling; stupid; tactless
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
completely honest; downright honest; straightforward; perfectly upright
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
unconfirmed; unidentified
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to pretend; to act (as if)
don't worry about it; forget about it
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
to half-rise to one's feet
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
jumping to a wrong conclusion
such; like that; in that way
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to become used to; to become familiar with; to grow accustomed to