great cause; moral law; justice
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
courtesy; etiquette; formality; (religious) observance; ritual; rite
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
questions and answers; dialogue
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless
to give by tossing or throwing
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
banning of books; banned book
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
shady; underhanded; questionable
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
noted doctor; excellent physician
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
being easily frightened; losing one's nerve; coward; chatter (undesirable vibration in machine tools)
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
speech; expression; wording; language
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to speak with an accent; to mispronounce; to be corrupted (of word)
thoughtless; indiscreet; lacking in common sense; rashness; betraying one's lack of judgment (judgement); absurd
after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually
(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming