easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
as much as one can; as much as possible
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant); foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
not a chance; not likely; no way; oh no; yuck; eew
chastity; virtue; fidelity
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
with a friendly grin; smilingly
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm
a second time; again; once more; twice
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
woman; female; feminine gender
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
heir; inheritor; successor
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
being interested in someone (only) for sex
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
rather; better; instead; if anything
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
sympathy; compassion; pity