personal; individual; private
presence; sitting with; being with
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
to happen to ride together; to share a vehicle; to (operate a) carpool
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
several people; a few people
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
loose (e.g. belt); slovenly; careless; slack
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
party (political); person who is fond of; fan of
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
midterm election; interim election
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
to join together; to combine; to join up
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
word game; wordplay; playing with words
fertile shoot of field horsetail
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
Japanese common squid; Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus)
ambiguous; obscure; equivocal
to be able to manage somehow or another
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
MacDonald; Macdonald; Mcdonald; McDonald's (fast food chain)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to ask; to enquire; to query
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing