to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
back off!; leave me alone!
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to care for someone; to look after someone
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
there being no use in arguing (about it)
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to have an eye on; to zero in on
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
forcibly; against one's will
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
true to one's name; living up to one's name
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
continuation; succession; series
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
to hide; to lie motionless in hiding
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to look around; to survey
wandering; rambling; roaming
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)