war; fighting; fierce competition
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; (lit.) a horse from a gourd; something impossible; something ridiculous
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
considerably; fairly; quite
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
middle of the night; dead of night
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
junior high school student; middle school pupil
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit