courtship behavior (animals)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
observation; survey; watching
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
gazing at; staring at fixedly; eyeballing; glaring; giving a hard look
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to value; to prize; to honor; to respect
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death
writing; composition; essay; sentence
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
person from the Kansai region
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
delusion; trick of the imagination
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
attendance; participation; presence
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
in a terrible mess; in complete disorder; chaotic
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes