serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
man; male; masculine gender
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
sense of duty (obligation)
pointing out; identification
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to look stupid; to have a critical lack
observation; survey; watching
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
don't you think?; indicates question
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to open (one's eyes) wide
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to comfort; to console; to amuse
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
rather than; more ... than ...
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray