gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
appearing to have; seeming to be
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
retention; maintenance; preservation
cooperation; coordination; link
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
head; lead; vanguard; first
hostility; antagonism; opposition
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
(only) one option; one possible choice
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
to watch over; to watch attentively
silence (not speaking); muteness
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
to give directions; to issue instructions
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to stiffen; to become stiff
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
although I say; although one might say; although called
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
preparing for action or battle
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
single word; a few words; brief comment
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
interior; inside; internal
twice; again; second time
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)