very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
acquaintance; appreciative friend
to have a talk; to tell a story
graduate student; insei; apprentice go professional
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (in TV, social media, etc.)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
persistence; single-mindedness
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
observation; survey; watching
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
that is to say; so that means
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
latent disposition; inner feelings
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
malicious; deliberately mean
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
compassionate; sympathetic
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip