meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
but; however; even though; even if
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
infancy; childish; infantile; immature
to see through; to see the true nature of something
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
such; like that; that sort of; very
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against