tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
separate; scattered; apart
uneasily; restlessly; erratically
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
as soon as ... is completed; as soon as ... is done; as soon as one is able to ...; as soon as one has (free time)
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
bet; wager; stake; gamble
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
determination; resolution
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
soon; shortly; before long
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
very popular; highly favoured
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
close; intimate; on good terms
inattention; absent-mindedness
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
in that manner; like that
because of; owing to; due to
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)
had better ...; had better not ...
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty