declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
unexpected; contrary to expectations; unforeseen
going against one's will; contrary to one's intentions; going against one's desire; going contrary to one's wishes
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to be able to manage somehow or another
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
subjective symptoms; patient's complaints
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to have meaning; to be meaningful
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
novel; original; new; innovative
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
meeting; get-together (e.g. among friends)
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
that's the way it is; such is life
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
how many years; how long; what year
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
interior; inside; internal