(preliminary) meeting; face-to-face introduction; costarring; appearing together; match-up; pairing
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
disliking people similar to oneself
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
like this; this sort; this way
(another's) son; boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
complexion; colour; color; blood red
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
rival; competitor; competition
uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
boat for transporting mud; boat made from mud (in folktales); (fig.) sinking ship
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
preparatory phase; preparatory period
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
patterns of thinking; train of thought
experienced; already had an experience (with something)
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
madness; insanity; madman; mania; craze; obsession
obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant