maintaining the status quo
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
whistle (sound made with the lips)
for the first time in one's life
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
remaining heat; residual excitement; lingering enthusiasm
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
superior; excellent; fine
rational; reasonable; logical
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to become broken; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated with; to be outdone (by someone)
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
have a good day; take care; see you
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
Japanese person; Japanese people
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum