to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
to be born; to come into the world
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
drama; play; powerful drug
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
spoiled fun; loss of interest; damper (e.g. on the party); wet blanket; turn-off
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
to show signs of; to appear
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
sharp parting remark; parting threat
perfect; complete; flawless
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
male instincts; male frivolity
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively