isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
firm adherence to one's principles; chastity (of a woman)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
let's do it; I (we) are going to do it
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
person who is ...; thing that is ...
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
and yet; though; when; in spite of
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
nonburnable garbage; nonflammables
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)