acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt
one's younger days; when one was young
talking about memories; reminiscences
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels); going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
this sort of; this type of
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
engraving a seal; engraved seal; engraving; inscribing; brand (i.e. a mark of disgrace); stamp
file (for holding papers); file (collection of documents); filing; file
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to steal a glance (at); to look furtively (at); to take a peek (at)
heaven's dispensation; divine providence; plan of nature
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest
beginning; opening; start; outset
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
official copy of the family register
obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of); getting; purchase
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
few decades; many decades; several decades
handwriting; handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted
end (e.g. of report, document, paragraph, etc.)