modest; reserved; quiet; humble
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to crack a joke; to tell a joke
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
lately; recently; nowadays
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
fish having white flesh (e.g. tai, hirame, karei)
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
bare legs; bare feet; stockingless legs
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
slowly and quietly; smoothly
custom; habit; customary practice
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
very much; exceedingly; extremely
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
to breathe out; to exhale
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)
society; the world; the times
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be