expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
to watch over; to watch attentively
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
while; even though; despite
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
man; male; masculine gender
even though; despite; when
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
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)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst