to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
physical condition; state of health; shape
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
older brother and younger sister
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money
to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic