frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
the other day; a few days ago
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
as you see; as you can see
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
naturally; of course; understandably
until now; so far; up to the present
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
the same generation; coeval
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)