blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
sincere; earnest; serious
insight; power of observation
daytime; noon period of the day; matinee
business; trade; operations; sales
programme; program; plans; arrangements
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
family; members of a family
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
sympathy; empathy; response
how much; how many; however
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
pulling something out (in a stroke); plucking out; forcibly removing one after another (e.g. demonstrators); overtaking multiple people (in a spurt); pulling ahead
nodding; greeting (with eyes)
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there