elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
bad job; poor workmanship; bungle
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
surrounding at a distance
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
same generation; one's generation
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
sharp; harsh; stinging; thorny; snappy
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to take to; to let one's heart go out to
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
such; like that; in that way
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
token (effort); something done for form's sake