setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
jealousy; roasted rice cake
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
to have a talk; to tell a story
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
great victory; big win; huge profit; killing
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something