unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
different culture; foreign culture
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
to start writing; to begin (a book, letter, etc.)
lacking a plan; haphazard
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
like water; like it grows on trees
to listen again; to ask again
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
meeting; greeting; welcome
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
triumphant return; returning in triumph
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
skillful words; deceitful words; glibness
leader; boss; upper part of a flag; (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
entry; approach; penetration
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
ostensible (surface) reason