race (of people); type of person
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
incident; affair; happening; event
flan (baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case); flan; crème caramel; caramel custard
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
in comparison to; rather than
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
upper half of the body; upper body
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
living thing; living creature; animal; life
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to collect; to assemble; to gather
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
future (usually near); prospects