timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
as you see; as you can see
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to say; to be called; to do
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
courteous; decorous; polite
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
manners; courtesy; etiquette
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
caller; visitor; company; guest
softly; mildly; gently; politely
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
(present) head of a family
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
young person; youth; young
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance