to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
authority; power; influence
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
armed might; military power; the sword; force
to look down on; to make light of
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy
foundation stone; cornerstone
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
both sides; two sides; double-sided
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to say no more; to sink into silence
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
proposal; proposition; suggestion
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
to tell (a person's) fortune; to divine; to fix; to choose
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)