speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
bento; Japanese box lunch
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
whenever you want; any time you like
patterns of thinking; train of thought
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
overhasty; rash; premature
dual personality; split personality
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
unopened (state); with an unbroken seal
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
commencing with; including
mass communication; mass media
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
official announcement; proclamation
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
cover; mantle; shroud; hood