to soothe; to calm; to pacify
disapproval; reluctance; unwillingness
hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased
commemoration; celebration; remembrance; memento; souvenir; keepsake
preface; introduction; preamble
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
the present term; the present session
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; sudden; abrupt
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
number of persons; personnel
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
director (of a film, play, etc.)
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
beyond one's means or position
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
information retrieval; IR; investor relations; integrated resort; infrared radiation; infrared
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae); Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger)
useless; worthless; silly; trivial
Siri (virtual assistant developed by Apple)
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
(for the) first time in one's life
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
A common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, famous for being the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.
electricity; (electric) light
examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary