results; record; grades; marks
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
in name only; titular; nominal
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to distinguish oneself; to stand out
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to gain a reputation; to make oneself famous
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
as a child; when one was a child
willpower; energy; vitality
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to somebody's name (more polite than "-san")
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
feeling of affinity; friendship
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
sign; indication; omen; symptom
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
talking while standing; standing around talking
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to invite in; to show someone in
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
Ding an sich; thing in itself
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
on the occasion of; at the time of
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age