(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
myself; yourself; I; me; you
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to be surprised; to be astonished
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
in that way; thus; so; so?
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...