speech; words; one's lines; remarks
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
pupil; student; schoolchild
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
neighbourhood; neighborhood
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
person from (the planet of)
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)