hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
reaching the winning post; reaching the finish; making the goal; getting married
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
attaching the polite suffix "-san" to somebody's name
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
preliminary investigation; preparation
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
steady; sound; reliable; solid
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
to say no more; to sink into silence
young woman who has given up on love
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
inside one's heart; in one's mind
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
being somewhat excited (agitated)
leader of a charge; first to arrive
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
garnish (e.g. vegetables with a meat dish); trimmings; fixings; relish