eye color; eye colour; expression (of the eyes); look; countenance
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
to give the stamp of approval
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
chastity; virtue; fidelity
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
2nd day of the month; two days
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
since; henceforth; ever since
line; queue; procession; matrix
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
great joy; delight; jubilation
to use (something) as a selling point
means; way; method; measure
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
question; inquiry; enquiry
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
nothing ventured, nothing gained; (lit.) you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
meeting hall; assembly hall
hole; hole; cup; (electron) hole
setting up specially; special installation
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted