(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
recollection; reminiscence
how many years; how long; what year
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
trendy; in; now; currently at ...; now doing ...; in the middle of ...
(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
(not) even once; (not) ever
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to repeat; to do over again
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
choreography; dance composition; dance coaching
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
too (much); overly; excessively
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
mask; striking the head (kendo)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name