cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to break the silence; to break one's silence
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
mask; disguise; guise; mask
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
(another's) daughter; young lady
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
highest grade; superlative degree
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
to employ; to hire; to charter
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
putting into operation; invocation
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap