fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
to manage; to arrange; to see to (a matter); to consult (with); to talk (to)
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to wring the neck; to strangle
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
general affairs department (bureau); executive section
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
nth-year student; nth-year pupil
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor