minority group (party); minority
originally; by nature; from the start
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
until now; so far; up to the present
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
plastic food models used by restaurants
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
independence; self-reliance
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
single word; a few words; brief comment
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
literally; to the letter; literal
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)