that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
award ceremony; prize-giving
to arrive (by car, bike, etc.); to drive up to; to draw up at; to get used to riding; to get used to driving
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
guarding; guard; railway bridge (over a road); (railroad) overpass; flyover
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
two times; twice; two degrees
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
helper; assistant; help; assistance
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
what kind of; what sort of; what
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
hey; yo; hi; come on; hey
small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter
learning; studying the fine arts
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
surroundings; environs; circumference
silence; stillness; quietness
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)