what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to complain; to make a complaint
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
reason; cause; circumstances
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
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
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to gather; to collect; to assemble
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to draw the line; to set a boundary; to make a clear distinction
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
impossible; unlikely; improbable
the opposite sex; isomerism
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history