crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
large build; large pattern
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to harm; to cause harm to
negotiations; discussions; connection
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to manage something successfully; to be successful
difficult to ...; hard to ...
on the occasion of; at the time of
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; attractive; distinguished; showy
Japanese person; Japanese people
not caring; not giving a damn
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
small number; few; minority
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)