method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
shopping; purchased goods
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true
frequency (of occurrence)
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
narrow; thin (sized); slender
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
senior high school student
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
trendy; in; now; currently at ...; now doing ...; in the middle of ...
young; youth; young person
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt