to take a breath; to take a short rest
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to go out and away; to leave
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to summon; to get used to call
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
for example; for instance; e.g.
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
race (of people); type of person
losing weight; slimming; lean person
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
illegal channel; back channel; black market
property; fortune; means; assets
senior; elder; person older than oneself
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment