outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
first meeting; first interview with
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
that; the matter in question
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
serious; not joking; straight
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
and; thereupon; because of that
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
together; at the same time; same; identical
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
very; extremely; excessively
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
(finishing something) suddenly; abruptly
to persuade someone to consent; to entreat repeatedly; to beg; to implore
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
sentimental; on an emotional level; in one's heart