to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
because of; owing to; due to
how long; how much; to what extent
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to come to one's senses; to calm down
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
place; situation; position; location
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
world; society; people; the public
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
to blow through; to blow across
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to be able to manage somehow or another
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
oops; that's enough (when pouring up alcohol, etc.)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
pupil; student; schoolchild
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
unidentifiable; unidentified
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university