unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)
peaceful; quiet; uneventful
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
the eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
matter (to attend to); business; affair; use; need
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
latent; hidden; secret; behind the scenes
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to gain; to get
strong person; the strong; the powerful
knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
debit; withdrawal; pulling (one's opponent) down; frontal pull-down; hiki-otoshi
political maneuvering; politicking; political machinations
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
one's house; one's home; one's family
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
the other day; some time ago; recently
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy