socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
fake; something false; sham; deception
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
in that way; like that; that way
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
whole dormitory; every dormitory
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal
endless; boundless; everlasting
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
occurrence; happening; incident; event
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
ignoring (someone); ostracizing; leaving (someone) out
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
home visitation (esp. a teacher visiting a student's home); home visit; house call
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over