joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
reduction by half; halving
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
one day; (on) a certain day
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
resourcefulness; social grace; confidence; life experience
to attempt; to test; to try out
at the last moment; this late in the game
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to become possible; to become able to (do)
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
sabot; wooden shoe; work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
newcomer; initiate; rookie
to apologize; to apologise
the same; the said; likewise
phase (e.g. wave, electricity, moon); topology; register
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish