to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
two persons; two people; pair; couple
long ago; a long time ago; already
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
great success; huge success
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
how; in what way; how about
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
glamorous; charming; fascinatingly elegant; lovely; gorgeous; beguiling
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
something that will last a lifetime (esp. high-quality products)
memories; recollections; reminiscence
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)