follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to be beaten hollow; to be argued into silence
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to look upwards; to look up
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to badger; to pester; to beg
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
tears (from being deeply moved); tears of gratitude
cooperation; collaboration
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to be at a loss for words
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
in this way; thus; such; uh...
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
within; inside of; less than
illustrated diary; picture diary
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information