to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to make a thundering sound; to make roar
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
plural; multiple; several
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
continuation; succession; series
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
freckles; buckwheat chaff
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax