song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
as (for); for; in the capacity of
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
question; inquiry; enquiry
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
such; like that; that sort of; very
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
impossible to do (although wants to)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
originally; by nature; from the start
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
impossible; unlikely; improbable
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee