strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to be no match for; to not hold a candle to
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
to have an idea; to have a clue
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
change; transformation; reform; revolution; revolutionizing; innovation
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly
cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
chief; main; principal; important
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
tedious; boring; being fed up with
foreign; abroad; overseas
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
intoxication; being fascinated (by); being carried away (by); being enraptured (by)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
the lowest (of its kind); the poorest