sons and daughters; children; girl
stimulating; exciting; provocative
(written) invitation; letter of invitation
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology
to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down
to keep standing; to stand motionless
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
minute; fine; detailed; subtle
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
floor above; floor upstairs
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
leaving (e.g. a courtroom, workplace); exiting; withdrawal (e.g. from a superior's presence)
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
guess; conjecture; surmise
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
means of transportation; transport service
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
to think too much; to be over-concerned
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; (lit.) to gather chestnuts from the fire
suspension bridge; rope bridge
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
mountain road; mountain trail