to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
dullard; indecisive person
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
because of; owing to; due to
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
future (usually near); prospects
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
almost every day; almost daily
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
instead; but (on the other hand)
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
vitality; energy; dynamism
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...