nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
family tradition; (arch.) wind blowing from the direction of one's home
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
one's possessions; ownership
discovery; detection; finding
materials; data; document
don't you think?; indicates question
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
indicate reason; infers some protest
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
apparent; obvious; very clear
tendency; trend; inclination
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
not necessarily so; is not always true
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion