understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
favourite motto; pet saying
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
pistol; handgun; revolver
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
government supply; government issue
salary reduction; salary cut
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
eloquence or flattery designed to deceive
enough is enough; no further!
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
any more; any further; any better; any longer
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
if it is the case that ...
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to be silent; to say nothing
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes