to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
authenticity; credibility
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
imagination; supposition; guess
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
press corps; group of reporters
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
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
ID card; identification card
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
around the world; throughout the world
to run about; to rush about
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to cease; to stop; to be over
health; healthy; sound; fit
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to the last; persistency; thoroughness