excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
such ... as; or some such
emotional scars; mental trauma
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
time; hour; period; class
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to breathe out; to exhale
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
chair; stool; post; office; position
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
a broken relationship can never be repaired; a divorced couple are never reconciled; (lit.) a broken mirror will never shine again
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to be worried; to be troubled
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange