good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
suspicion (of others); jealousy
covered with; stained; smeared
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
so; like this; in this way
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
the same generation; coeval
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to order; to command; to appoint
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
common people; ordinary people; masses
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
Japanese person; Japanese people
the same; the said; likewise
cultivation; refinement; culture; education