troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)
hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
call; summons; convening; convocation
nicely; properly; frequently; often; how (could you); why (would you)
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
food and drink; eating and drinking
immediate reply; quick answer; ready agreement
about this time; about now
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
true character; true heart; true spirit
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
three days and three nights
dozing off in the middle of doing something (esp. in an online chat or during an online game); becoming inactive due to falling asleep
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
excursion; field trip; school trip
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age