pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
five-family unit; five-man group; quintet
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
common knowledge; well-known fact
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
imperial visit; imperial outing
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
second-year student; biennial
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
speech and conduct; words and deeds
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
having an ancient and honorable origin
attaching the polite suffix "-sama" to somebody's name (more polite than "-san")
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
your countenance (his ..., her ..., etc.)
pure; clean; untouched; innocent
liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man; deliverance of one's soul; moksha; mukti; vimukti
region; limits; stage; level
four man group; quartet; the Gang of Four
I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence