probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
(political) power; authority; influence
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
duty; obligation; responsibility
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
fever (state of excitement)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to be worried; to be grieved; to pine for
many; much; plenty; hardly
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
day after day; day by day
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence