column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
apprehensive; vaguely fearful; gloomy (about the future); somewhat alarmed
to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other
retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
to live; to reside; to inhabit
ripping; tearing; vibrating; buzzing; like an electric shock
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
name and address (on an envelope, etc.); (addressee's) name; addressee
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise
Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern
dispensing with the preliminaries ...; omitting the previous part
the opening greeting on letters
spelling; orthography; file; pad; bundle
fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road
conscientious; reasonable (e.g. price); honest; honorable
Italian; Italian food; Italian cuisine
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability
ice; ice cream; ice pop; ice lolly; cold; iced (e.g. iced tea, iced coffee); ice (stimulant drug)
(ice cream) cone; (speaker) cone; (traffic) cone; corn; maize
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
true parrot (esp. small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure)
to keep an eye on; to take care of
long snake; long line (of people, etc.)
Venus (goddess); Venus (planet)
shellfish; seashell; shell
shore; bank (of a body of water)
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that