welcome; (warm) reception
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness; uprightness; integrity; scrupulousness
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
every year; yearly; annually
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
several people; a few people
seal; stamp; judgment; judgement; size (of paper or books)
hedge; fence; border; limit
adhesion; conglutination; accretion; collusion; collusive relationship; cozy relationship
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
honest; upright; cleanhanded; unselfish
strictly; severely; rigidly
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
whatever brought that on?
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
sound recorder; tape recorder
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
internal (e.g. mechanism, feature); built-in; equipped (with)
ability; performance; efficiency
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
switch; switch; points; switch (from one thing to another); change
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; knowing; pregnant (pause)
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to be at a loss for words
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
1000 ri; (a) long distance
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
to run about; to rush about
to hit someone where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; (lit.) to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
personal feelings; self-interest