courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
(personal) background check
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
difficult to ...; hard to ...
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
to order; to command; to appoint
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
boy; son; baby boy; young man
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
pull tab; pull-tab; ring pull
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
reason; cause; circumstances
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
decently; gracefully; plausibly; politely; tactfully; discreetly
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
valid; effective; yuko (judo)