personality; character; individuality; personhood
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)
(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient
solution; solution strategy
lily (Lilium spp.); yuri; genre of comics and novels about female homosexuality
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
elder brother's wife; sister-in-law
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
deadly serious; deadly earnest
to butter up; to try to get on the good side of
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
cerebral anemia; cerebral anaemia
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to cut; to slit; to slash
(water-filled) paddy field
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
fan seppuku; death penalty for samurai in which the condemned performs a symbolic disembowelment with a fan before being decapitated