dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
while; even though; despite
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to become better; to improve
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
by sheer strength; by brute force
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
Viking; smorgasbord; buffet; smorgasbord (of things); hodge-podge
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
family; members of a family
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent