previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
not necessarily so; is not always true
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
full view; plain sight; completely visible
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
still (continuing); as ever; further
to do for (the sake of someone else)
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
(short) rest; breather; break
fine weather; fair weather
to feel depressed; to be down