it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to be adopted; to enter a family as an adopted child
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
serious; not joking; straight
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
don't you think?; indicates question
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to be mad about; to be hooked on
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
expression; presentation; representation; notation
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
our country; our land; one's own country
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related