to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
contrary to one's expectations
end of the work day; close of business; end of the school term; end of the school year
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
to become related (through marriage, adoption, etc.); to form a connection (with Buddha)
to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
artifice; wiles; trickery; art of a courtesan (esp. for seducing or deceiving customers); coquetry
exchanging business cards
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
printing (text or symbols); typing; printed character; typed character; character carved onto a seal
company name; corporate name
rolled Japanese-style omelette
fish salted and dried overnight
feeling of food or drink going down the throat
self-deprecating; self-mocking
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
boastful; conceited; bragging; impudent
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
level of popularity (with the opposite sex); degree of attractiveness
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
strong reaction (against); (transplant) rejection
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly