behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
second-year student; second-year pupil; biennial; biennial plant
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity
reform; reformation; reorganization
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
quarrel; dispute; argument
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
closing time; lockup; curfew
obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
putting (up) in the wrong place; hanging in the wrong place; disagreement; conflict; crossing paths without meeting; missing each other
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
deceased; late; dead; departed
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
foster parent; adoptive parent; person who raised one; founding figure; key developer
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...