true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
barrier; gate; seki; mutual life
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
for this very reason; that is exactly why
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
such; like that; that sort of
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision
line-spacing in text; (fig.) between the lines
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
middle and high-school students
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
department store; department
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
average; ordinary; normal
pigtails; bunches; two ponytails; angel wings
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher