attaching the polite suffix "-san" to somebody's name
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
ability; capability; skill
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
normalcy; normality; normal
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
forced laugh; forced smile
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
impossible; unlikely; improbable
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)