likability; favorability; popularity
rising; ascending; climbing
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to say; to be called; to do
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
pleased to make your acquaintance
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
while; even though; despite
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
to watch over; to watch attentively
while; during; while; although; all; both
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
in the same way as; just like
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
chair; stool; post; office; position
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
feeling a sudden chill; feeling a shiver; feeling sudden surprise (fright, horror, etc.); shuddering