young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
pride; boast; credit (to)
to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
just a minute; small quantity
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
considerably; fairly; quite
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
number; number plate; license plate
main battery; main armament
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to whine; to make feeble complaints
let's not say (such things) to each other
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out