trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
to give; to do (something) for
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to shake; to waver; to tremble
future (usually near); prospects
pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
male homosexuality; bill of lading; BL
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
in accordance with; according to
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
to get strong; to gain strength
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
and; thereupon; because of that
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
strength; power; proficiency; ability
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
non-player character; NPC
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any