to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
near; close; beside; third person
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to thrust before; to thrust at
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
looks; personal appearance; features
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
(social) class; rank; grade
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
it's been a long time; long time no see
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
with a start; with a jump
greeting; a fine thing to say
to say; to be called; to do
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
order; sequence; procedure
to become inverted; to become reversed
in the future; another day; later
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
to like; to love; to be fond of
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy