please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
one of these days; someday; one day
certainly; surely; definitely
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
a step; short distance; short time
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
kindnesses; friendship; cordialities
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
on the occasion of; at the time of
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
various; diverse; divergent; each according to one's own wishes
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
being adopted into the family of one's bride
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself
inscrutable; incomprehensible
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary