plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
suggestion; hint; implication
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to take a breath; to take a short rest
rather; sooner; preferably
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
to accept; to receive; to agree
to prostrate oneself before
Japanese person; Japanese people
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
firm; unshakeable; resolute
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
expressing oneself without words or gestures; force of personality
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
quarrel; dispute; argument
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
restraint; restriction; control; check