cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
health; healthy; sound; fit
to meet up (as arranged); to rendezvous; to get together; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to contract (a disease); to suffer from
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
cannot be helped; unavoidable
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to spit out; to eject; to dump
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg); one piece of sushi
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
support; backing; patronage
15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival; mid-year gift; summer gift; Bon Festival gifts
occasion; time; section (of a literary work or piece of music); passage; clause; season; term
event held the night before another event; eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
to grant permission; to give permission
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
story; tale; talk; discussion
pus; corruption; rot; evils
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant
meaning; significance; sense
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
what kind of; what sort of; what
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only