procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
way of speaking; intimation; lips; mouth; snout
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
lately; recently; nowadays
suddenly; all at once; rapidly
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to begin shooting; to shoot out
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
start-up company; venture business
index; indices; indicator
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
progress; advance; improvement; development
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
in the same manner as before; the same as always
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse
to raise one's voice; to shout
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri); katydid; bush-cricket (Tettigoniidae); (arch.) cricket
Jugemu (Japanese folktale)