to be prolonged; to drag on
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
audience; spectator; spectators
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
supporting; shoring up; promotion; propping-up; jacking-up; manipulation
legendary beast; magical beast
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
no!; no no!; no, not at all
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
murder; killing; murderer
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
age thirty; one's thirties
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)