adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
personal; individual; private
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
several times; a few times
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
chair; stool; post; office; position
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
operation; functioning; running
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts