unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
bride; one's daughter-in-law
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
close; intimate; on good terms
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
secretive; mysterious; furtive; stealthy; clandestine; sneaky
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
please (give me); please (do for me)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to cause someone to worry
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
goodness; excellence; virtue
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
erection (usu. penis); standing erect; stiffening
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
ago; since; before; previous
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground