decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
great laughter; burst of laughter
harmless; innocuous; safe; benign
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to make trouble; to break down; to be out of order
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
until now; so far; up to the present
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
it is not (like that) either
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently