to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
clearing one's throat; cough
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
heartwarming; pleasant; charming; amusing
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple
barrier; gate; seki; mutual life
to be the work of; to be the result of; to be done by; to concern; to affect; to involve
having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
to make a self-satisfied face; to look smug
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
review (of learned material); revision
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on
attention seeker; look-at-me
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
posture; position; stance
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
returning early; going home sooner than expected; returning in the morning; coming home in the morning