thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
woman; female; feminine gender
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
sweet (flavour); sweet (of alcohol); sweet (e.g. melody); pleasant (e.g. atmosphere); suite (of rooms); suite
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
until now; so far; up to the present
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction