to relax; to make oneself comfortable
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
grandfather; male senior-citizen
minority group (party); minority
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
No Longer Human (1948 novel by Osamu Dazai)
manner (with others); attitude
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
way of talking; speaking style
casual speech; peer language; informal language
overly polite; excessively polite; polite to a fault
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
dictionary; lexicon; (arch.) letter of resignation
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
man; male; masculine gender
to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)