bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
personality; character; individuality; personhood
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
according to plan; as planned; on target
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
coffee (hot, as opposed to iced)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
to begin talking; to open up
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
much-discussed work (book, film, etc.)
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset