correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
unable to resist; unable to suppress
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
hanging around; wandering around (aimlessly); moving around (restlessly); running around
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
contradiction; inconsistency
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
convenient; handy; useful
unconcerned (about); unbothered; unworried; easy; simple
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
16th day of the month; 16 days
18th day of the month; 18 days
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
interception; monitoring; tapping
frequency (esp. of waveforms)
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
wavy form; ripply shape; waveform
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
scale; scope; plan; structure
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can