to be a background factor; to be an underlying reason
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
private funds; own funds; private property
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
talking while standing; standing around talking
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
mellow (flavor or fragrance; esp. of alcohol); rich; full-bodied; superior
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
short pause; short interval
erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird
to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
talking about memories; reminiscences
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
pledge; vow; having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against someone; to play (a game, match, etc.) against someone
flight; desertion; escape
course; route; path; process; stages
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
to have a reason; to have an excuse
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)
assertion; declaration; affirmation
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending