negotiations; bargaining; talks; making demands
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
moment to quit; way to quit
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
perhaps; maybe; by some chance
to stop walking; to pause
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
way of reciting; way of telling a story
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
a little; paltry; piddling; stud; chad
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
script; libretto; scenario
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
freely; right and left; as one pleases