name; given name; first name
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
committee; commission; board; panel
life; living; I; me; student
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
live decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
of course; certainly; naturally
title; heading; topic; subject; Nichiren chant
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
dancer; dancing master; dancing mistress
popular (among the general public); populist; plebian; low-brow; widely liked
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to stare at; to closely defend
business; errand; nature of one's business
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion