big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
edict; ordinance; proclamation
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
cunning; craft; guile; slyness
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal provisions; penal code
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
to burn with combativeness
written request; request for ...; application for ...
garden (esp. with trees); park
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
one's hand; name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying
imposing stance; daunting pose
to prostrate oneself (before)
an issue being settled; a case being closed
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to break; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated (with); to be crazy (about)
to set about in earnest; to make a strenuous effort; to put one's back into (doing)
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
ghost story; tale of the supernatural
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
cheap restaurant; eating place (house)