private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
society; public; community; social studies
(someone else's) child; child; kid
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
public holiday; celebration (of)
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
surname; family name; last name
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to look around; to survey
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
stealthily; secretly; in secret
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
the very start; the very beginning
high tension (as in electronics, etc.); excited; enthusiastic
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
first year of high school; first-year high school student
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)