high steward; grand master
good-quality; superior in quality
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
soiling; polluting; shame; disgrace; chopped fish, shellfish or vegetables, dressed with (miso or other) sauce
to translate; to interpret
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
talkativeness; loquacity; polypetalous; multivalve
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
in that way; like that; that way
to overdo; to do too much
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
love affair; sensual pleasures
quiet unsociable person; obstinate person; blockhead
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
deadly serious; deadly earnest
expressing one's mind; speaking out
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
farewell gift; parting gift; viaticum
preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar
frosting (e.g. on a cake); icing
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
dry fruit (e.g. nuts, legumes, follicles); dried fruit
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
particularly; only; in the case of
place to put something; place where one put something; place to put oneself
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
resignation; acceptance; consolation
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
secret; private; surreptitious
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special