encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
longing for; burning desire
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
solely; entirely; only; or
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
tenant (esp. residential tenant in apartment block); occupant; inhabitant; inmate
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble