foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
outlet (e.g. for water or gas); market (for something); outlet (e.g. for excess energy); vent (e.g. for emotions)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to look around; to look towards (us)
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
(not) a single person; (no) one
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
in comparison to; rather than
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
with the exception of; excepting; excluding