present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
duty; obligation; responsibility
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
declaration; proclamation; announcement
interference; meddling; butting in
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
cooperation; collaboration
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to apologize; to apologise
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
hair on the back of one's head
to head home; to leave for home
after a long time; for the first time in a while
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash