refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
good person; virtuous person
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to be surprised; to be astonished
(on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
somehow; for some reason or other
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
eating between meals; snacking
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on