retention; maintenance; preservation
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
outsider; someone outside of a group
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to approach; to draw near
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to bring (someone into a place); to lead into
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
scene; spectacle; sight; view
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
to mistake (A for B); to misread