to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
contract; compact; agreement
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
construction; establishment
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
inattention; absent-mindedness
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
in the meanwhile; during the time
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
the farthest ends; the furthest ends
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
to accept; to receive; to agree
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to have a talk; to tell a story
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully