(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
man; male; masculine gender
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
single-theater; independent (cinema); art-house (film)
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
operation (of a machine); running; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
absent-mindedly; absently; idly; in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
nonchalant air; unruffled air
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
enclosing (e.g. with a letter)
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram