friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
without; but if; otherwise; or else
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
with a clang or a clink; tinkle
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to flare up; to fly into a rage
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
smoothly; easily; readily
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
to state; to express; to mention
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
sense of values; values; value system
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to approach; to draw near
until now; so far; up to the present
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at