bill; handbill; flier; flyer; leaflet; poster
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
fund-raising; collection of funds
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
first time; first; initial
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
clanging; empty; deserted
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus); Japanese sandfish
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to shake off; to throw off
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
house mouse (Mus musculus)