one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
is that so?; I see; right; oh
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
honour; honor; glory; privilege
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
organ (musical instrument)
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point