participation; joining; entry; adherence
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
content-free chat; idle gossip
intelligence gathering; information gathering
part; part-timer; part-time (work)
to be conspicuous; to stand out
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
carefree; free from worry
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
social life; social intercourse
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
perfect; complete; flawless
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
form; shape; figure; visage
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
practice; practising; experience
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
beyond this point; from now on; after this
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
deadpan face; expressionless white face; po-faced
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check