front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
pupil; student; schoolchild
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
third day of the month; three days
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
fourth day of the month; four days
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
question; inquiry; enquiry
to pass (of time); to elapse
since when; from when; how long
Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions