to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to be on the same wavelength; to think alike; to get along
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
power; authority; jurisdiction
manager; person in a (school or university) sports team in charge of administrative and miscellaneous duties
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
to strike each other; to come to blows; to fight; to say (useless things, facetious remarks, etc.) to each other
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
in the same way as; just like
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
surely; certainly; without doubt
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
time in; making a move immediately (in a timed game of shogi, go, etc.)
assertion; declaration; affirmation
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
to live; to make a living; to get on with
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
gravure; photogravure; rotogravure; gravure picture