to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
impossible; unlikely; improbable
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
myself; yourself; I; me; you
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to pick up; to find; to gather
such; like that; that sort of; very
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
production (e.g. play); direction
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first