corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
feeling of envy; jealous feeling
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
person obsessed with thoughts of sex
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
business world; business circles; (the) industry
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
difficult to ...; hard to ...
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
to say; to be called; to do