cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to settle (in a place); to settle down
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
(not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; overly
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
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)
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority
email; mail; post; message (in an instant messaging application); instant message; male
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
all you have to do is; just; that's all
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to take (a photograph); to record (audio or video); to film; to shoot
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
to correct oneself; to restate
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
untidy (room, pile, etc.); messy; cluttered; disorderly; jumbled (e.g. thoughts); chaotic (lifestyle, atmosphere, etc.)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game