speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
eros; sexual desire; Eros (god); (Platonic) Eros; Eros (asteroid)
electric gramophone; record player
Yama (King of Hell who judges the dead); Enma
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
speaking with a trill; rolling one's r's
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
the last half-year; second half of the year
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
ostentatious; gaudy; showy
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
conferring of decorations
to stand high in one's superior's favor and trust
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
enough is enough; no further!
to forget to say; to forget to mention
social status; social position; social standing
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
skating rink; ice surface; silver plate
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
so ... that ...; to that extent; to that degree
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)