to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)
senior high school; high school
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
that's the way it is; such is life
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
swelling; boil; abscess; tumor; tumour
tacit; unspoken; implicit
taboo word; forbidden topic; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
not yet known; unknown; strange
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
talking about memories; reminiscences
being about to cry; the verge of tears
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
seven wonders (of a particular area); total mystery; enigma; conundrum
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
to paint a picture; to draw a picture
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
person who gets lonely easily; person who does not like to be alone; person who craves company
firmly rooted; deep-seated
living together; coexistence