to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
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 spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
way of reciting; way of telling a story
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
ago; since; before; previous
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
in comparison to; rather than
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
drama club (e.g. at school); dramatic society
leading actor; star actress; top-billed performer
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
time; season; period; phase; stage
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
of course; certainly; naturally
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly