to begin falling (e.g. leaves, petals, etc.)
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
undergrowth; weeds beneath a tree
to govern; to manage; to subdue
frequency (of occurrence)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to catch the eye; to attract attention
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management
(verbal) message; sending word; (arch.) excuse; (arch.) pretext
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
(present) head of a family
retainer; attendant; escort
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
talking while standing; standing around talking
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
closeted maiden; carefully-raised girl from a well-to-do family
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
to stop talking; to be silent
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
to see through; to see the true nature of something
depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...