men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to be able to manage somehow or other
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
virginity (of a male); (male) virgin; (Catholic) nun; sister
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to be at a loss; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be pressed for; to be pinched for; to become poor
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
absolutely; definitely; unconditionally
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
virgin (usu. female); maiden; virgin (e.g. forest); unspoiled by human activity; debut; maiden (e.g. voyage)
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
wicked thought; wicked mind
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
line-spacing in text; (fig.) between the lines
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention