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 brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
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 ...
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
(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 something 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); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
too much; excessively; too
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
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
moving about; stirring about
to happen to meet; to come across
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
tradition; legend; folklore