to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
influence; effect; impact
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
that is to say; so that means
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to push into; to stuff into; to be enthusiastic (about); to be crazy (about); to get excited; to be stirred up
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
form; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
rival candidate; rival; opponent; rival horse
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
way; manner; school (e.g. of flower arrangement); class; rate; flow
distinguished family; famous family; noble family; prestigious organization (company, school, etc.)
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)
heir; inheritor; successor
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound