my sincere congratulations; please accept my congratulations
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
letter; missive; note; mail
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
faint, ironic or bittersweet smile
in line with this; therefore
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
greeting; a fine thing to say
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
beautiful woman; pretty girl
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
foster father; adoptive father
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind