meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
training; drill; practice; discipline
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
piling up; making a heap; laying bricks
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
hard worker; hardworking person
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
fluffy; lumpy (e.g. clothing); uneven; bulging (e.g. muscles)
a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from
knit; knitted fabric; knitted garments; nit (unit of surface brightness equal to 1 candela per square meter)
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time