to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
information leak; data breach
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
you can never be too careful
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
overlooking; turning a blind eye
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
maid; helper; help; assistance
statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; becoming invalid or void after a set time; ageing; aging
ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
elaborate but slow execution; polished but slow work
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
appropriate (e.g. authorities); concerned; relevant; said; aforementioned; competent
almost; roughly; approximately
dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; word that has become passé
(one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.); initial; first
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
gender; distinction of sex; sex
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
denial; negation; repudiation; disapproval
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to