example; simile; metaphor; allegory
sympathy; compassion; pity
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
explanation; interpretation
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
avoidance of responsibility; shirking (one's) responsibility
way out; means to escape; escape route
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
sincere; earnest; serious
sincere; honest; faithful
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
to discuss; to talk together
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
the opposite sex; isomerism
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
difficult to ...; hard to ...
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy