to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
longing; great desire; aspiration
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
no matter how much time passes
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to consider to be inevitable; to consider to be reasonable
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
concealment; suppression; hiding
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
again and again; repeatedly
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
military force; military strength
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
to lend an ear to; to listen to
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy