to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
to soak into; to permeate
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to cut off (a relationship)
for the first time in one's life
eye mucus; eye discharge; sleep
to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed
to appease; to suppress; to calm
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
damage; injury; defamation; harm
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal code
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
listening (esp. in foreign language education); listening comprehension; (public) hearing
section manager; section chief
censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification
presence; sitting with; being with
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
business plan; business schedule; project
unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision
private; exclusive; secret
keeping a secret; secrecy; confidentiality
move with haste (when you have no doubts)
tieless; not wearing a tie; open-necked
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
chief of the general affairs department (bureau); chief of the executive section
newly appointed; inaugural
outward appearance; apparent
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
compound sentence; sentenced formed of two independent clauses; important cultural property; important cultural asset
important cultural property; important cultural asset
administration costs; administrative expenses; management costs
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)