false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
data collecting party; news crew
speaking with a trill; rolling one's r's
Kyoto-style chopped vegetables pickled in salt with red shiso leaves
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
significance (esp. in statistics)
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
system; institution; organization; organisation
pre-war days; before the war
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
stylish; smart; high collar; hair dressed in a western style; to dress in the latest Western fashion
in a drenched manner; moistly; affectionately; fondly; slowly; at ease
class; heading; group; category
falsely similar; counterfeit
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
increase in the average age of marriage
declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
privatization; privatisation
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
to have a secret affair; to meet secretly (for two persons); to flirt with one another
to get on well with (someone)
practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
(right at the) side; just beside
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
merchant's home; rented home; store; shop
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
gluttony; satiation; engorgement
to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of