(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
seeing off and meeting on return
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done
older sister; elder sister
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
aphrodisiac; love potion; philter
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
working one's way through school; earning one's own school fees; studying under adversity; studying in harsh economic circumstances
overseas student; exchange student
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
suffix for familiar person
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
to rock; to shake; to swing
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
several times; a few times
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
review (of learned material); revision
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly