member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
compromise; collusion; give and take; hey; listen; look
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
sworn younger brother; junior male peer (in a club, group, etc.)
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to show up; to appear; to turn up
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)