confirmation; certification; ascertainment
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
journal; magazine; periodical
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
to be able to manage somehow or another
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
impossible; unlikely; improbable
restoration; repair; mending
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
condition; state of preservation
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
workshop; studio; atelier
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to apologize; to apologise
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
such; this sort of; like this
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
having in mind; happening to know of; idea