common name; popular name; secular name (of a Buddhist monk)
conference room; council room
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
account; history; notice; note; Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE); Records of Ancient Matters
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
straightforward; blunt; outspoken; clear-cut
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
another thing; exception; special case
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
desire for marriage; marriage aspiration; yearning for marriage
a glance; a look; a glimpse
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
dilettante; person of unusual tastes; person with strange hobbies; person of refined taste; connoisseur
1,000,000; one million; million; many
law; rule; precept; Torah (first five books of the Hebrew Bible)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
angrily; in a huff; in anger; plump; tender
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
such; like that; in that way
one's own handwriting; autograph; holograph
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders