getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; (lit.) to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
human intellect; knowledge
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task)
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
to sink (into); to get depressed
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)
superiority complex; sense of superiority
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
landowner; landlord; landlady
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
either way; in any case; one way or another
detached; aloof; indifferent
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
poetry party or competition; gathering of tanka poets
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
beating time with one's hands; clapping to the beat; making a careless move (in go, shogi, etc.); responding to an opponent's move without proper thought