falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
to lose heart; to lose interest; to lose motivation; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor
child who has returned to Japan after living abroad; returnee child; (Japanese) person who lived abroad during (part of) their childhood
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
schoolgirl; female student
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
popular person; favorite; favourite
dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
true friend; close friend
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat); basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music); (arch.) room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
one's share; one's portion
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
share; portion; quota; cut
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
with no effort at all; easily
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
to examine someone's expression
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
to push aside; to push one's way through