strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to be possessed by an evil spirit; to be tempted; to give in to an urge; to succumb to temptation
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
street stall; stand; booth
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
difference; variation; difference
to sit for an examination
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
recommendation; referral; endorsement