all present; all concerned; all of us
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
these guys; these fellows
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
acting as a foster parent; caring for another's child; foster parent
absolutely; positively; decidedly
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
permission; approval; authorization; license
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
always; all the time; constantly; frequently; often
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
occasionally; once in a while; now and then