close; intimate; on good terms
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
feeding (animals); provisioning
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
to ascend; to go up; to climb
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
to move around; to move about; to get around
settlement; solution; resolution
everyday life; daily life
tall figure; high stature
most likely contender; prime candidate; top prospect; leading candidate
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
professor; teaching; instruction
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
simply; merely; only; solely
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
looking pale; looking unwell
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
clearing one's throat; cough
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
studying abroad; (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
thereupon; shortly thereafter
(preliminary) meeting; face-to-face introduction; costarring; appearing together; match-up; pairing
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance