strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to envy; to be envious (of); to be jealous (of)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
delusion; trick of the imagination
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
regret; repentance; remorse
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
seemingly good; (of) good appearance; looking good
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
izakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
no matter how much time passes
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
and yet; though; when; in spite of
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances