unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
death from disease; death from illness
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to make a vow; to take an oath
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue