single word; a few words; brief comment
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
funny story; funny anecdote
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
human relations; personal relationships
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
minuteness; one millionth
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
script (for a TV show, film, etc.); script (printed type imitating handwriting); script
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
reading aloud; reading a kanji by its Chinese-derived pronunciation
empty eyes; thousand-yard stare; blank glaze; expressionless look; (lit.) eyes of a dead fish
rest; break; recess; intermission
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
again; once more; a second time
composition; setting (of music)
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar)
inner canthus; inner corner of the eye
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled