securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
study tour; guided visit; field trip
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to choke; to have trouble breathing
foreign; abroad; overseas
your daughter; young woman
hello; good day; good afternoon
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
nice to see you; good morning; good evening; adieu; farewell; bon voyage
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
water-filled bamboo tube which clacks against a stone when emptied (orig. used for keeping birds and wildlife away)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
the L-word (i.e. love); being in love
a long, long time ago; very long ago
unfortunately; regrettably
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
looking pale; looking unwell
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put to sleep
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete