shakuhachi; end-blown fippleless bamboo flute; blow job; fellatio
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
while; during; while; although; all; both
test of one's strength; test of one's ability
to excel in one thing; to be a master in an art
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities; school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities; school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
extremely; very; really; super; so
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...