meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
older brother; elder brother
to become pale; to turn pale
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
long; drawn-out; very long
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
second (unit of time); arc second
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
to carry forward (i.e. on a balance sheet); to transfer
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
(right at the) side; just beside
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
such ... as; or some such
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
present continuous tense; present progressive form
cosplay (dressing in costume, esp. as a manga character, etc.)
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
one end; an end; part; fragment
and yet; though; when; in spite of
bloomers; (girls') gym shorts
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to march in; to transfer; to send
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter