face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple
that's true; of course; obviously
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
having; holding; wear; durability; shouldering (an expense); being responsible (for paying)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
that is to say; so that means
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
to have a talk; to tell a story
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing