10th day of the month; ten days
control; check; restraint; inhibition
talk; recital; narration; topic
authenticity; credibility
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
remarkable; striking; obvious
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
to suit (one's needs, tastes, purpose, etc.); to serve; to meet (one's expectations, wishes, etc.); to measure up to (e.g. one's ideal); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be consistent with (reason, morality, etc.)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to step forward; to volunteer
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
changing one's clothes; change of clothes
easy to do; apt to do; prone to do; liable to do
attendee; participant; person present
rationalization; justification
to have one's name entered (in a list)
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
not worth considering; out of the question
critical; judgmental; censorious; negative
to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what someone feels (using one's intuition)
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that