to state; to express; to mention
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
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 confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to watch steadily; to stare
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
way; method; means; resource; course
constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
remarkable; striking; obvious
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody
to challenge (a person) to a fight
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
infancy; childhood; tender age
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
junior high school student; middle school pupil
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
competing in earnest (esp. in sumo)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle