tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to be born; to come into the world
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
ignorant of the ways of the world
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
fourth day of the month; four days
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to get strong; to gain strength
apparent; obvious; very clear
very likely; very probable
literally; to the letter; literal
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
bodily; with all one's weight; with one's whole body
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to increase; to add to; to augment
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
maze; labyrinth; inner ear