abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
index finger; forefinger; second toe
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
breaking off an engagement
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
impossible; unlikely; improbable
due form; official; formality
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
such; like that; in that way
shameless; brazen and unscrupulous
now that you say that; now that you mention it
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
ignorant of the ways of the world
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
absentmindedness; peace of mind
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
pressure; oppression; suppression
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to be opposite; to face each other