to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
distant look; faraway look
wife and children; (arch.) wife
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
failure; mistake; blunder
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
to make a lasting impression
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted
one too shy to actively join in the party; wallflower
customs (duties); duty; tariff
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
easily bored; quick to lose interest; fickle; capricious
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
texture (cloth, fabric, paper); feel; appearance
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
very interesting; of great interest
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes
no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said
legitimate son (esp. eldest son); heir