laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
preference; priority; precedence
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father
you (plural); all of you; you all
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
evil design; crafty plan; plot
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
training; drill; practice; discipline
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
to stop talking; to be silent
to watch intently; to stare
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
proud; having a prominent nose
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy