a few seconds; several seconds
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
nonparticipation; nonattendance
desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to pretend; to act (as if)
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
handrail; railing; banister
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to attract attention; to come into the limelight
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
notice; attention; observation
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
human speech; human language; sound of people talking
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
very likely; very probable
night travel; walking around at night; night train
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
lung disease; chest trouble; pulmonary tuberculosis
lumping together; putting all together
assistance; help; assist (final pass or cross before a goal)
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question