to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
influential person; man of importance
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
to collect; to assemble; to gather
natural; reasonable; understandable
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
ago; since; before; previous
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
that; the matter in question
bottomless (bucket, etc.); unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; imprudent; indiscreet; extremely heavy drinker
to comfort; to console; to amuse
choices; alternatives; options
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to do for (the sake of someone else)
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
everything; anything; nothing
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to be silent; to say nothing
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell