protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)
personification; anthropomorphization
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
partner (esp. in manzai); companion; partner for the night (e.g. at a brothel)
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
unfaithfulness; infidelity; unchastity
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
to govern; to manage; to subdue
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
murder; homicide; manslaughter
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
breaking off an engagement
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
talk about divorce or separation
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to bring back; to restore
hard struggle; strenuous effort
ability; capability; skill
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition