how many months?; how long?
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
how; in what way; by what means
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far