attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
sudden change; complete change
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
faddist; follow-the-crowd type; poser; trend junkie; sheep
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
living thing; living creature; animal; life
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
while; even though; despite
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
angrily; in a huff; in anger; high on marijuana
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
front; frontage; facade; main
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to repeat; to do something over again
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky