isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
already; now; no longer; not any more
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
thought; consideration; thinking
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
handsome face; beautiful features
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
Japanese person; Japanese people
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
fluent (in a language); flowing
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
real life; actual life; everyday life
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
perfect; complete; flawless
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to translate; to interpret
reality; actuality; hard fact
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
example sentence; illustrative sentence; model sentence
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
rejecting the advances of women is a man's shame; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; (lit.) not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame
to be possessed by an evil spirit; to be tempted; to give in to an urge; to succumb to temptation
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
just managing; with great difficulty
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to wear (formal clothing) in a casual fashion
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch