area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
call for attention; alert; heads-up; reminder
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
mediator; go-between; middleman; broker
absence; disregard; indifference
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
several minutes; a few minutes
look; glance; stone (in the game of go)
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to be used to calling (someone by a certain name)
first meeting; first interview with
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
just because; even if; even though
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
self-consciousness; self-awareness
just because; even if; even though
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there