nerve; nerves; sensitivity
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
and so; therefore; for that reason
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
without; but if; otherwise; or else
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
mass (of people); large crowd
to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one
running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling; running (of a program)
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
thought; consideration; thinking
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
hostility towards people close to oneself (family, associates, etc.); bearing hatred for one's peers
this and that; one thing or another
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
grandfather; male senior-citizen
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself