knowing; (an) acquaintance
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
well; properly; often; how (could you); why (would you)
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
(so miserable that it is) painful to look at; painful to watch
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
choices; alternatives; options
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
fondness for women; woman admirer; lustful man; being attractive to women; being a lady-killer
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
second generation; second; junior
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
business ability; business acumen
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly