to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
tendency; trend; inclination
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
preaching to the deaf; (lit.) reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear
teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; (lit.) lecturing to the Buddha
headlong rush; rushing recklessly
future prospects; promise
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors)
that is to say; so that means
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement