to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
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)
instant; moment; for an instant
to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan
sympathy; empathy; response
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
stupid brat; son of a bitch
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
snap (e.g. of the wrist in baseball); snapshot (esp. of people); snap fastener; press stud
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt