(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
operation (of a machine); running; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
had better ...; had better not ...
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
long time; long interval; for quite some time
if you think about it; come to think of it
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
sense of values; values; value system
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
the opposite sex; isomerism
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
His Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor; the reigning emperor
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to cause someone to worry
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
study camp; overnight field trip; travelling class; class held in a different room (music, science, etc.)
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
opposite side; other side; other party
out-of-school; off-campus
to be consistent; to be coherent