person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to search for; to seek for; to look for
beating (of drums); rushing (water); crashing (of waves)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to put on airs; to throw one's weight about; to swagger; to act arrogantly
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
(unfolded) thin sheet of paper; 200-character writing paper; paper money; note
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
doing as one is told; yes-man
to flutter (e.g. a flag); to wave; to reverberate (e.g. thunder); to resound
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
possessing (what is required); having; fulfilling (conditions); satisfying (requisites); being endowed with
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to jump at the chance; to accept an offer; to show interest in; to accept a proposal
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
mountain road; mountain trail
to make one's way into; to push one's way into; to force one's way though; to push through
to show up; to appear; to turn up
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present