calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
settlement; solution; resolution
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
narcissism; self-absorption; self-intoxication
culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
untouched; unused; intact
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite
to stop raining or snowing
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
spare umbrella kept (at work) in the event of a sudden shower
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
meeting; greeting; welcome
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)