socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
woman; female; feminine gender
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from ... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that ...; trying to ...
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
since; henceforth; ever since
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
sexless; without sex; sexlessness
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
interchange; international; international school; inter-
integrated education; integrated school system; system where students can progress from elementary through secondary levels without entrance examinations
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
unconditionally; as a rule
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
chance; opportunity; occasion
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)