one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing
discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
practice; practising; training; study
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
bar code; comb over (on a balding man); combover
vertical stripes; striped fabric
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
quarrel; dispute; argument
to feel relieved; to feel satisfied
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to rise in esteem; to become popular; to rise in value (stocks)
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals
soundly (of sleeping); (sleeping) like a log
athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
same generation; one's generation
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
emphatic sentence-ending particle
of no interest; not interested
to grow fond of; to grow attached to; to become enamoured with
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
mole under the eye (supposedly due to having cried)
stout; well-fleshed; well-built; well-padded; plump
attractive to men; in a style (appearance, look, etc.) that men fall for; amorous woman
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
being startled; getting a shock
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
to affect adversely; to have a negative influence (on)
event; phenomenon; matter