to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
pretension; assumption (of a title)
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
as; because; with; due to
neighbors; neighbours; neighborhood; neighbourhood
to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)
alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
marrying to become a housewife; (lit.) permanent employment (once one becomes a housewife)
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk); turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
this, that and the other; this and that
timely; well-timed; clutch hit; run-scoring hit; RBI hit
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
question and answer session
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
soft and elastic; flexible; pliant
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
highlights; summary; compilation
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
narrow sense (e.g. of a word)
unacceptable; no good; complete failure; inadequate
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
numbering; numbering machine
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off