to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
body; physique; build; stature
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
direct control; direct supervision
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
(social) class; rank; grade
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
(social) position; status
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant