to make a speech; to address
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
world; society; people; the public
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
journal; magazine; periodical
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
(arch.) Mahito (highest of the eight hereditary titles); you
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.)
diffuse reflection; diffused reflection; irregular reflection
sunlight filtering through trees
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to recover consciousness; to come to
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
license; permit; licence; certificate
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
compulsory; obligatory; mandatory
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly