indirection; indirectness
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
at that time; in those days
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved
more than a friend (implies a degree of intimacy)
anything and everything; just about everything
hot flash; rush of blood to the head
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
goods piled beneath; lower layer; lowest social strata; bottom (of the ladder); low rank
proper; right; reasonable
good at socializing; sociability; being a good mixer
rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to sweep together; to rake up; to gather up; to drag towards oneself; to pull nearer
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
jingling; (sound of) many people clapping together; healthy; robust; concluding successfully; (arch.) boiling (of water)
duty; function; office; mission; task
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to become distant; to recede
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
Tanaka Torahiko (1957.4-)
first meeting; first interview with
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
what kind of business; what sort of matter
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief