a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
water caltrop; water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
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country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
actor; actress; player; performer
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
history of Japan; Japanese history
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
in that way; thus; so; so?