to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
warm; snug; cozy; cosy; comfortable; pleasant
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
control; management (e.g. of a business)
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
controlled society; regulated society
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
death by suffocation; death by choking
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
in the same way as; just like
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
distant look; faraway look
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless