matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to look around; to survey
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
petty underling; small fry
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
period of youth; while young
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
curiosity; inquisitiveness
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
generation; lifetime; age
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
number two; second in command
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
title of honour; title of honor
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out