weather forecast; weather report
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
paper umbrella; bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
to be perturbed; to be agitated
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
still; even now; to this day
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
writing; composition; essay; sentence
heartwarming; pleasant; charming; amusing
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
feeling keenly; fully realizing
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
understanding person; supporter
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
frequency (of occurrence)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn