to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
tumble dryer; tumbler; tumbler dryer; drinking cup
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
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)
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
same kind; same sort; same species; same race; homogeneity
conviction; belief; confidence
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
right on the heels of yesterday; only yesterday
mass communication; mass media
never mind!; don't worry about it
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match
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
exhaust gas; exhaust fumes
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
arrangement (of music); adaptation (of a story, recipe, etc.); interpretation; arranging (objects, a meeting, etc.); organization
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
declaration of war; proclamation of war
school route; street used by students going to and from school (esp. on foot)