fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
should; must; -able; probably; likely
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
than; other than; except; but
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married