ignorant of the ways of the world
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
trickery; (arch.) fiasco; (arch.) disobedience
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
low dining table; tea table
other side; opposite side; other party
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
bobbed hairstyle; short bob
timid; fainthearted; weak-willed
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
fair-skinned; light-complexioned