tone (of voice); manner of talking
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
number one; first; best; most; game; round
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
stout; well-fleshed; well-built; well-padded; plump
to half-rise to one's feet
quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
everyday life; daily life
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
incident; affair; happening; event
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
that's the way it is; such is life
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
blow; hit (on the body); beating
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
to begin; to set about; to start
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
real life; actual life; everyday life
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income