institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
(social) class; rank; grade
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
counter for books; volume
postwar period; period after Second World War
to be scattered; to straggle; to be found here and there
natural voice (without a microphone)
reproachful; hateful; bitter
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
mature; becoming precocious
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
the opposite sex; isomerism
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
to be all out; to exhaust
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning