beautiful woman with cold, standoffish air
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive
manners; etiquette; polite behaviour
smooth (i.e. without problems)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
since then; from that time; ever since
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
sentimental; mushy; saccharine; sickly-sweet; sugary
to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
to live; to reside; to inhabit
beyond one's means or position; inappropriate to one's lot in life
very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually
national; founded and run by the central government
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers
uncharted territory; unknown waters; unfamiliar terrain
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon