proposal; proposition; suggestion
difficult to ...; hard to ...
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
working; being employed; being hired
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to be kind to; to treat kindly
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
position; job; employment; opening
don't you think?; indicates question
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
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)
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
local specialty; special product (of a region)