commencing with; including
and yet; though; when; in spite of
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
utter failure; gross mistake; wrong guess
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to get on well (with a person); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider)
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
one's view on love; one's philosophy of love
man's man; man aggressively pursuing sex and riches; (lit.) carnivore
man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; (lit.) herbivore
to express (in words); to confess
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
predation; eating prey; preying upon
courtship behavior (animals)
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to maintain; to continue to have
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
again; once more; a second time
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
without touching; no touching; not participating in; not being concerned by; without being involved in
lack of relation (to); independence (of)
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
connection; link; relationship
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
even though; despite; when