tone (of voice); manner of talking
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to put on airs; to swagger; to act self-importantly
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
training; drill; practice; discipline
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
ten; 10; ten years of age
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival