year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
outside of one's area of expertise
manner of using one's hands
fragile article; breakables; broken article
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
symbol; code; sign; notation
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
good humour (humor); good mood
to give the stamp of approval
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
wildness (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
opposite direction; reverse; retrorse
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
low-rise (architecture); low-level; low-class
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself