to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
passionate; ardent; enthusiastic
private person; individual
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager
subleader; assistant leader
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
boiled octopus; person with red flushed skin
inexperienced (in life experience); unsophisticated; green; inexperienced (in love); innocent; naive
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to cause someone to worry
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
domineering husband; hectoring husband; husband who rules the roost
as much as one can; as much as possible
hegemony; leadership; initiative
based on; on the basis of
draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take as a lesson
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
promising stock; stock with potential; hopeful stock; promising person; person with good prospects
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
nothing costs as much as what is given to us; there's no such thing as a free lunch
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
southwestern part; the southwest
edge of town; outskirts of a village
cave; tunnel; tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace