standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal
section manager; section chief
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
active; dynamic; behavioural
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
that; the matter in question
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
good performance; good work; great success
to blaze; to burn brightly
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
last night; yesterday evening
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
interference; intervention; meddling
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage