occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
lack of relation (to); independence (of)
natural posture (esp. in judo); natural stance; natural attitude; relaxed manner; calm manner
close; intimate; on good terms
about this time; about now
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
arbitration; intercession; mediation
traditional; customary; conventional
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
in deep black; in jet black
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
sense of loss; feeling of loss
presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
unrefined (character, manners); mean; vulgar; bad taste; lacking style
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
heel (of a shoe); heel; bad guy; player of villain roles
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps