counter for choices, options, etc.
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
karoshi; death from overwork
height (e.g. of summer); peak (e.g. of cherry blossom season); prime (of one's life); (one's) best days; (being in) heat; rut
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble
wind and waves; strife; discord; dissension
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
internal (domestic) affairs
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
sovereignty; supremacy; dominion
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
plenipotentiary powers; full authority
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
guardians; parents; father and older brother
shameless; shameless person
to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to achieve enlightenment; to attain enlightenment
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you