to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to let one's hair hang down
narrow; thin (sized); slender
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
thorough; exhaustive; complete
womanly; ladylike; feminine
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
one thin flat object; one sheet
everywhere; at every turn
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
civilized person; civilized people
example; illustration; precedent
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
because; the reason why is
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
simply; merely; only; solely
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
conviction; belief; confidence
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up