very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
departure from a country; leaving a country
authentication by facial recognition
highball; whisky and soda
nationality; citizenship; nationality (ship, airplane, etc.); registration; flag
diversion (e.g. of funds); appropriation; misappropriation; making use of (for another purpose); reuse; repurpose
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
what date?; what's the date?; when?
two days later; day after next; next day but one
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
regarding highly; attaching importance to
obsession; compulsive idea
boisterously; roughly; briskly
it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
knothole; peep-hole; (fig.) bad eyes; tunnel vision
to beat; to batter; to pummel
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
abolition; discontinuance; discontinuation; repeal; annulment
summary; digest; outline; abstract
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)
Matsutani Miyoko (1926.2.15-)
romantic story; colorful story; colourful story; highly embellished story
in history; ever; historical
picking out; choosing; picking (someone) up (in a vehicle); pickup (in a record player); (phono) cartridge; pickup (truck)
outline; summary; gist; in brief
someone; a certain person
to get one's head around; to think about
vengeful ghost; avenging spirit; apparition
ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
to put one's heart and soul (into); to completely devote oneself (to)