how; in what way; how about; questionable
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence
ardent; passionate; vehement
to like; to love; to be fond of
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
husband and wife; married couple
married life; sexual activities (of a married couple); conjugal intercourse; (sexual) intimacy
to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
something; some kind of; for some reason
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
to breathe out; to exhale
in any case; regardless; either way; since it makes no difference anyway (you might as well ...); since it won't change the outcome; if you are doing it regardless
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
gossip; corner of the mouth
mechanism used to lift an actor onto the stage (in kabuki)
to like too much; to like to excess; to adore
at once; immediately; right now
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
unexpected meeting; coincidence
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
murder; killing; murderer
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically