to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
surroundings; environs; circumference
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
massing (of troops); gathering
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
floundering while nearly drowning; suffering
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
number one; first; best; most; game; round
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
one's post; place of work; workplace
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
in that way; like that; that way
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
again (and again); once again; yet again
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate