mixed bag; mixture of good and bad; jumble of wheat and chaff; (lit.) mixture of precious gems and common rocks
being good at conversation; good talker; conversationalist
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.)
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
well-mannered; courteous; polite
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
idle talk; chit-chat; gossip
to whine; to make feeble complaints
affectation; showiness; pretence
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
proposition; thesis; task; problem; giving a title; naming
hey; listen; look here; I say
burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
to strike each other; to come to blows; to fight; to say (useless things, facetious remarks, etc.) to each other
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
to put back in a good mood; to cheer up
study of foreign languages; linguistics
safekeeping; temporary custody; claim check; deposit receipt; matter left undecided; unresolved issue
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
one bow; one salute; one greeting