as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
autosuggestion; self-suggestion
several men, several minds; everyone has his own ideas and tastes; everyone has his own interests and ideas; different strokes for different folks
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce); hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.); (kendo) loin guard; kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; -ass
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
unexpected (but welcome) visitor; rare guest
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
if you think about it; come to think of it
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
altitude sickness; mountain sickness
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
(not) a single person; (no) one
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
antiquity; the previous era
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
man; male; masculine gender
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
entering school; school attendance
employment; starting work
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
idea commonly (generally) accepted in the world
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
explanatory; expository; elucidatory
to control; to command; to get the better of