to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
by myself; in person; by oneself
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
but; however; provided that
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
in that manner; like that
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
that's the way it is; such is life
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to be talked about behind one's back
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
so; like this; in this way
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
stock (of goods); reserve; supply
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
silence (not speaking); muteness
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
and so; therefore; for that reason