to press a question; to cross-examine
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to pour (sake); to serve; to drink together
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to have meaning; to be meaningful
master; teacher; stable master
indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
to grumble; to make difficulties
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
number one; first; best; most; game; round