to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
lifting (a child) high up in the air
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
all; entire; whole; altogether
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
how; in what way; by what means
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to stereotype; to squeeze into a pattern; to regiment
(written) contract; agreement