official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
I see; that's right; indeed
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
clearing one's throat; cough
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to repeat; to do something over again
to gather; to collect; to assemble
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to act suspiciously; to behave in a strange way
round; spherical; circular
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
to be found; to be discovered
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
melt-in-the-mouth feeling
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
in search of; in order to look for
women who assist bathers at hot-springs resorts; (arch.) bathhouse prostitute