to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
job hunting; job searching
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
enterprise; business; company; corporation
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
scarcity of eligible men; difficulty for a woman to find a man; man shortage
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
(not) even once; (not) ever
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
to shout (in anger); to yell
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
senior high school; high school
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
than; from; out of; except; but; more