to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
mob; crowd of people; background character (in a manga, anime, etc.); mob (in a video game); non-player character
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
to continue to do; to persist in doing
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to put into the mouth; to eat
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
sense of touch; sense of being touched; tactile sense
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
two times; twice; two degrees
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
living by oneself; living alone
university student; college student
confections; sweets; candy; cake
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
exaltation; emotional uplift
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical