to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
fortress; stronghold; citadel
three sides; small offering stand
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
fort; stronghold; fortification
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
Imperial Family; Imperial Household
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
natural; intrinsic; from birth
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
cross; crossing; intersecting; cross (soccer)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
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
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
messenger; envoy; emissary
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly