to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
than; from; out of; except; but; more
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
doing whatever one pleases
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
meaning; significance; sense
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
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
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
instant; moment; for an instant
genuine; authentic; true; real