a little;  a bit;  just a minute;  for a moment;  somewhat;  rather;  (not) easily
 to wait;  to await;  to look forward to;  to depend on;  to need
 to twist;  to wrench;  to puzzle over;  to defeat easily
 confession;  acknowledgement;  confession of love;  professing one's feelings;  confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
 is not;  am not;  are not;  isn't it?
 noisy;  loud;  annoying;  troublesome;  fussy;  finicky
 answer;  reply;  response;  answer;  solution;  result
 water caltrop;  water chestnut;  caltrop (weapon)
 Takeda Shingen (1521.12.1-1573.5.13)
 country in civil war;  country disarrayed by war;  Warring States period (Japan, China);  competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants;  hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
 chance;  start;  cue;  excuse;  motive;  impetus
 leaf;  blade (of grass);  (pine) needle
 to borrow;  to have a loan;  to rent;  to hire
 ambition;  aspiration;  sinister designs;  treachery
 to overflow;  to brim over;  to flood
 pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
 to pull;  to tug;  to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.);  to attract (e.g. interest);  to draw back (e.g. one's hand);  to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.);  to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
 a lot;  lots;  enough;  sufficient;  enough;  too many
 book;  volume;  this;  present;  main;  head
 to read;  to recite (e.g. a sutra);  to chant;  to predict;  to guess;  to decipher;  to count
 but;  however;  even;  however;  no matter how;  ... or something;  either ... or ...
 person;  someone;  human beings;  mankind;  human (Homo sapiens);  (other) people;  others
 good-looking guy;  handsome man;  hunk;  Adonis;  cool guy
 actor;  actress;  player;  performer
 such things as ...;  and ... and;  the minute (that) ...;  no sooner than ...;  be;  is;  o
 model;  dummy;  model (profession);  fashion model;  model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.);  version;  model (e.g. mathematical)
 only;  merely;  approximately;  about;  just (finished, etc.);  as if to;  (as though) about to
 moustache;  beard;  whiskers (on a cat, etc.);  feelers (on an insect, etc.);  shadow (on a candlestick chart)
 uncle;  old man;  mister;  manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
 strange;  odd;  unexpected;  change;  incident;  disturbance
 to cut down;  to slay;  to truncate;  to round down;  to omit;  to discard
 simple;  easy;  uncomplicated;  brief;  quick;  light
 to come to like;  to become fond of;  to fall in love
 thing;  object;  one's things;  possessions;  things;  something;  quality
 to believe;  to believe in;  to place trust in;  to confide in;  to have faith in
 now that you mention it;  come to think of it;  that reminds me;  on that subject;  speaking of which
 previous time;  last time;  previous installment;  previous instalment;  previous session
 history of Japan;  Japanese history
 perfect score;  full marks;  extremely;  very;  quite
 in that way;  thus;  so;  so?