leader; authority; mainstay
imagination; supposition; guess
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to people
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
dispersion; separation; scattering; breakup
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
very loose; slowly; leisurely
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
rather; better; instead; if anything
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to know (someone); to think; to believe
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance