government office; agency; board
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
unsettled; uncertain; indefinite; indeterminate
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
person who gets lonely easily; person who does not like to be alone; person who craves company
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to be settled; to be brought to an end
go on!; right!; here goes!
to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
come out!; where are you?
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
to push aside; to push one's way through
crying face; face of a person who is crying
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. a page); to turn back; to double back; to enter (the second half; e.g. of a match); to do immediately (e.g. call back, answer an email)
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
none of your business; not your concern
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
school building; schoolhouse
just made; fresh (e.g. from the oven); newly built (e.g. house); brand-new
hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)
poplar (esp. Lombardy poplar, Populus nigra var. italica)
roadside trees; row of trees
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
to face on; to look out on to
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
minute adjustment; fine-tuning
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
fall; decrease; knocking down; flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
lecture (esp. special engagement by noted speaker); lecture meeting (event with one or more lectures)