song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
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.)
industrialization; industrialisation; establishing a production system; putting something into production
while; even though; despite
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
to search for; to seek for; to look for
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
final; eventual; ultimate
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
menial; meanness; servility; abject
to suck up to; to curry up to someone
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
gossip; corner of the mouth
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to toady; to be obsequious
official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat); basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music); (arch.) room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)