period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
one's financial situation; one's finances; state of one's purse
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
familiarity with the land; (having) knowledge about a place
with a start; in a fright; alarmedly
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
hearsay; hearing secondhand; hearing through the grapevine
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
there's no smoke without fire
to let out a cry; to break forth
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit
racing (of an engine); idling; going in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels; going nowhere
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
separate; respective; different
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)