ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)
distant; remote; isolated
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
connection; link; relationship
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
although; though; despite the fact that ...
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
to spit out; to eject; to dump
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to be able to receive; to be able to take; to be able to eat; to be able to drink; to be acceptable; to be satisfactory
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
sincere; earnest; serious
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to get lost; to lose one's bearings; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; to be tempted; to be seduced
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
process; course; mechanism
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique