to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
to keep (something) a close secret; to hide (the truth, one's pain, etc.); to keep hidden
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind
recuperation; medical treatment
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)
infancy; childhood; tender age
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers; leaving (one's master's place for home)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
to distort; to strain (an interpretation); to stretch (the meaning of a word)
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
hail (esp. hailballs 5 mm or greater)
babysitting; babysitter; nanny; taking care of; looking after; accompanying
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
manners; behavior; behaviour
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
apple of one's eye; one's jewel
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate