to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
many; numerous; various; large number of
to get a reputation as a philanderer
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
the world in general; society; convention
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
financier; business leader
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
busy; having no (free) time
(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping
tedious; boring; being fed up with
fish having white flesh (e.g. tai, hirame, karei)
to put into the mouth; to eat
mellow (flavor or fragrance, esp. alcohol); rich; full-bodied; superior
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
greeting; a fine thing to say
speech; expression; wording; language
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
one's family (home) background (environment)
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent