to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
teacher; instructor; professor
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to throw at; to turn; to raise
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to discuss; to talk together
carving; engraving; chiselled features
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
more than anything; above all else
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
light seasoning; mild flavour; bland taste
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf