imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
brain work; mental work; nonmanual labor
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
grandstand play; grandstanding; showboating; showing off
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone
vitality; ability to earn a living
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
hiding one's embarrassment
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to brave a danger; to take a risk
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
relatively; comparatively
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to be impressed; to greatly admire
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to need; to call for; to require
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
immediately; at once; instantly
lese majesty; lèse-majesté
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate