to press a question; to cross-examine
ill will; malice; evil intent
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
society for the study of manga; manga club
Japanese person; Japanese people
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
bilingual; in two languages
drama club (e.g. at school); dramatic society
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
expression; presentation; representation; notation
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
even if; even though; however; no matter how
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to fall through; to come to nothing; to be ruined
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
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to throw at; to turn; to raise
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
new book; new publication
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done