understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
promotion; raising of status
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
eyetooth; cuspid; canine (tooth); dogtooth
such; this sort of; like this
first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm
calm; peace; serenity; composure; equanimity; presence of mind
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
simply; merely; only; solely
for the first time in one's life
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
almost (did); nearly (did)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
personality; character; individuality; personhood
village; human habitation; human settlement
reproductive (procreative) power; fertility
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
to affect; to impact; to influence
concreteness; feasibility