to apologize; to apologise
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
considerably; fairly; quite
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
thereupon; shortly thereafter
mail; postal matter; postal item
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
after a long time; for the first time in a while
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
(personal) background check
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); cutting plane
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
deviant; deviate; pervert; weirdo
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
extremely spicy; fiery hot; extremely harsh (criticism, review, etc.); scathing
kimchi; kimchee; spicy Korean pickled cabbage; Korea; Korean
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh