to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
classification; categorization; sorting
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
contradiction; inconsistency
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
B class; B grade; second rate
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
serious; not joking; straight
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
nature; property; disposition
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of