to sigh; to breathe a sigh
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
community-based; local-based
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
finding employment; getting a job
warehousing; storing; entering a garage; entering the depot
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
resigning from a company on marriage (of a woman)
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
man; male; masculine gender
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common