interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
regarding highly; attaching importance to
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
depression; low spirits; dejection
to be faithful; to do one's duty
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
incident; affair; happening; event
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
tradition; legend; folklore