meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
marriage agency; matrimonial agency; matchmaking service
sad; wretched; deplorable
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to gather; to collect; to assemble
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
unexpectedly; surprisingly
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
god of marriage; matchmaker
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
woman; female; feminine gender
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
senior high school; high school
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
club activities (usu. clubs in association with a school); extracurricular activities
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
first year (college) student; freshman; graduate of one year's standing
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item