to get narrower; to contract
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
ruins of old kilns; old kiln sites
group; bunch; crowd; group
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
paper tube; cardboard tube
love ban; talent agency rule forbidding clients from getting involved in romantic relationships
cellophane tape; adhesive tape; Sellotape
completely unknown (usu. of people); unfamiliar; complete (stranger)
while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive); as long as one lives
to have a secret affair; to meet secretly (for two persons); to flirt with one another
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
lolicon; sexual attraction to young girls; person attracted to young girls
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
inexperienced person; incompetent person; ignoramus
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
Constitution Memorial Day (national holiday; May 3)
coordinate; co-ordinate; matching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours); coordinated outfit (clothes and accessories); ensemble; coordinates (items of clothing, furniture, etc. designed to be used together)
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
craving for the limelight
narrowing of visual field; narrow-mindedness; lack of vision
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
single parent; one parent
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
single-parent family; one-parent family; single-parent household
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to sweep up together; to sweep into a heap
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover