impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
tag; slip; label; sticker
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
custom; habit; customary practice
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
office hours; business hours; working hours
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to be surprised; to be astonished
what do you want?; can I help you?
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to employ; to hire; to charter
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to subsist; to keep on living
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
as you see; as you can see
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
cooperation; collaboration