majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
man; male; masculine gender
by means of; due to; because of; according to
operation (of a bus or train service); service; running; movement (of a heavenly body); motion; revolution
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple
nothing but; except; no more than
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to make out; to neck; to canoodle; to fondle each other; to flirt (with)
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
sorry; excuse me; thank you
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
interferer; meddler; buttinsky
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
rotary; roundabout; traffic circle; rotary; rotating
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
the opposite direction; the other way
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to stop walking; to pause
Liang dynasty (of China; 502-557)
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
both (people); the two of them
a wise man keeps away from danger
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to have an uneasy conscience
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention