career; occupation; personal history; professional experience; government employee who has passed the highest national civil service exam; carrier; carrier (of a disease-causing agent)
outbreak of an illness; onset of a condition; appearance of symptoms
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
positive (result); positive (attitude); cheerful; optimistic
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
plan; measure; means; scheme; policy
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
odds and ends; all; every
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
characteristic; feature; special quality
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
Romancecar; limited express luxury tourist services south-west of Tokyo operated by Odakyu Electric Railway
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
with a start; with a jump
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
alarm (fire, burglar, railroad-crossing, etc.); sensor
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
getting on and off (a vehicle); boarding and alighting
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
to remember; to keep in mind