to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
whispering; murmuring; subdued
(not so) much; (not) very
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
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
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
being used to socializing with women (of a man)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
amount of experience; experience level; experience point; exp; XP
stairs; stairway; staircase
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
until now; so far; up to the present
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
story; tale; talk; discussion
(not) even once; (not) ever