reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat
recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with someone)
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
cease-fire; truce; armistice
outbreak of war; starting a war
to feel relieved; to feel satisfied
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
suddenly; all at once; rapidly
probability; likelihood; chances
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
fate; chance; relationship; tie
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
now that you say that; now that you mention it
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)