normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
one way or the other; either way
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
(in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to explain; to dispel doubts
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
kitchen; financial situation
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
sincere; earnest; serious
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
silence; stillness; quietness
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
such ... as; or some such
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption