to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
more than usual (usu. time)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
welcome; (warm) reception
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
talk; story; conversation
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
slit; slitting (slicing a sheet of paper, metal, etc. into narrower strips)
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
younger brother and sister
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
(another's) daughter; young lady
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; in a mumble; in a murmur
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
beautiful man and woman; handsome couple
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location