every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
suddenly disappears somewhere
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to be worried; to be troubled
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to look around; to survey
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
having not the slightest idea
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to discuss; to talk together
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)