to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to change completely; to change suddenly
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
to repeat; to do over again
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
welfare; well-being; social welfare; social security; social service
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
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)
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
jumping to a wrong conclusion
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
such; this sort of; like this
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to have meaning; to be meaningful
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
after many twists and turns; after much trouble
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
steering (a boat); helmsman; steersman; guidance; leadership; leader
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use