duty; function; office; mission; task
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
party; set; gang; company; person
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
aviation; flight; flying; to fly; to take a flight
hostility; antagonism; opposition
living thing; organism; creature; biology
first time; first; initial
great laughter; burst of laughter
that's a different matter; that's a different story
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
(not) even once; (not) ever
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
there being no use in arguing (about it)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally