extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
whispering into a person's ear
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
homecoming; returning home
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
tedious; boring; being fed up with
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
tall figure; high stature
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
caller; visitor; company; guest
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
older brother; elder brother
on the occasion of; at the time of
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
proposal; proposition; suggestion
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
casual speech; peer language; informal language
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent