expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
pointing out; identification
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to watch over; to watch attentively
to stiffen; to become stiff
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
elementary; basic; rudimentary
question; inquiry; enquiry
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
double suicide; lovers' suicide
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
until now; so far; up to the present
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
three; three years of age
older sister; lass; young lady
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
father; dad; husband; you; he
so; like this; in this way
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago