careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
to strike; to hit; to give hell to
flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless
showing one's face in public; facing another person
proposal; offer; request; application
relation; relative; kind; cordial
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to dust (shelves, etc.); to use a duster
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
check pattern; checked pattern; checkered pattern; plaid; lattice design
simply; merely; only; solely
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
shoe store; shoe shop; shoemaker
to push or press or force down; to depress
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate