chair; stool; post; office; position
to rush over; to run up to
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
vexing; irritating; impatient
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
notes; comment; remark; annotation
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to be silent; to say nothing
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to set adrift; to let loose; to cut loose
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
tedious; verbose; wordy; redundancy
and so; therefore; for that reason
ostentation; show; affectation
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
single word; a few words; brief comment
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility