sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment
adventurous spirit; sense of adventure
distant look; faraway look
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
gas stove; gas cooker; gas range
something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done
plants and animals; flora and fauna
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
should not be; must not be
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
unenlightened; uneducated; ignorant
professor; teaching; instruction
unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour)
four-character compound word (esp. idiomatic)
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
the other day; recently; this time; on this occasion
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
pre-nuptial doubts; wedding blues
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
example of use; usage example; use example
marking; grading; scoring
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
release; emission; ejection
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody