irritating; aggravating; upsetting
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
lover; lady-killer; sexy guy
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
aggressive; pushy; in-your-face
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
first-rate; finest quality; the best
the reverse; other side; lining
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to speak ill of; to disparage
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
whispering into a person's ear
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
rather; sooner; preferably
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
to understand (each other); to comprehend
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person