I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
participation; joining; entry; adherence
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
frame; framework; outline
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
anyway; anyhow; as one likes; by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes
pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction
self-control; self-restraint
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning