notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
courtesy call; courtesy visit
single word; a few words; brief comment
to be at a loss for words
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
distrust; unjust suspicion
to be at a loss for words
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to ask; to enquire; to query
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
in accordance with; according to
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
to be a matter of life or death
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
scrotum; testicles; scrotal; (arch.) pinecone; (arch.) pine cone
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast