as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
university student; college student
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
kindness; intimacy; friendship
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to summon; to get used to call
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to make oneself available (free)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
older brother; elder brother
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
virile; tough; masculine; intense
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
sales company; distributor
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
and so; therefore; for that reason
mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
order; reservation; order; sequence; order (of magnitude); architectural order
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson