palmyra; lusterleaf holly; patra (silver incense dish placed in front of a Buddhist statue)
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
to redeem (from sin); to save
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to pass (of time); to elapse
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
neighbourhood; neighborhood
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
such; like that; in that way
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
by myself; in person; by oneself
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain