three; three years of age
to pause; to have a short intermission
advance; moving forward; progress
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
personal appearance; character; personality
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to breathe in and breathe out
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
invitation; introduction; temptation
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
four-character compound word (usu. idiomatic)
serious; not joking; straight
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
even so; anyhow; at any rate
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
strong person; the strong; the powerful
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
parentless; orphaned; parentless child; orphan
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
uppercase letter; capital letter; large character; large writing; the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big"; huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
that's true; of course; obviously
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)