seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
registration; accession; register; entry; record
early (days); initial stage; initial
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
negotiations; discussions; connection
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
fixed date; settlement date
imagination; supposition; guess
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
competing; competition; auction
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
reason; cause; history; origin
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way