sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
sign; indication; omen; symptom
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
three; three years of age
that's the way it is; such is life
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
food; food products; foodstuffs
clothes; clothing; garments
commercialization (e.g. product); commodification
agricultural community; farm village; rural
older brother and younger sister