to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
blond hair; blonde hair; golden hair
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
sub-; second-rate; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
flashiness; showiness; bloom; flowers; Republic of China
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
bamboo shoot; young, inexperienced doctor
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyo; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut