promising without due consideration
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
since one was born; (in) all one's life
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
beautiful woman; beauty; belle
story; tale; talk; discussion
popular name; common name; given name
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
flashy; gaudy; wrapped in cheap flattery
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
how; in what way; in what manner
everyone has a past; every person has their own history
in this way; along these lines; similarly
fever (state of excitement)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
counter for books; volume
destination; place one stays during a trip
whenever you want; any time you like
odds and ends; all; every
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
(providing) covering fire; supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
composed expression; clear face