maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
more than friends, less than lovers
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
to thrust before; to thrust at
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
history of; experience of
university student; college student
sexy; popular; well-liked
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
(giving) instruction; initiation
to fall in love (with); to love
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
outside of; not covered by
of no interest; not interested