to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
without cause; without reason
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
business trip; official trip
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
honorific/polite/humble prefix
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
invitation; introduction; temptation
about; on; regarding; per; for every
dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye); indigo (dye); indigo (colour)
suffix for familiar person
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less