story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
(organ) rejection; unthinking dismissal; strong reaction (against)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
fluff; fuzz; nap; hachures; hatching
retreating figure; appearance from behind
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
third day of the month; three days
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
sulking in bed; going to bed in a huff
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
irritation; annoyance; frustration