middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
it's been a long time; long time no see
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
(present) head of a family
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
to say; to be called; to do
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
reaching; attaining; arrival
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do