outer surface; outside; outward appearance; manner (with others); demeanour
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
large seal; large stamp; seal of approval; guarantee; endorsement
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
tide; current; tendency; trend
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
such; like that; that sort of
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
that's the way it is; such is life
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
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
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
regarding highly; attaching importance to