to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
light; faint; pale; fleeting
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
outsider; someone outside of a group
one's family; family member
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
morning; forenoon; just before noon
sign (of things to come); good omen; good sign
to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
looking away; looking aside
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
ogling; eyeing (lecherously); leering; staring
to have a trade; to have a vocation
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
whirl of busyness; flurry of activity; being rushed off one's feet; having a very busy time (doing)
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion
connection; link; relationship
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
tedious; boring; being fed up with
trouble; bother; annoyance
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
to soothe and humor (humour); to coax