main question; real issue at hand
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
to intend; to be sure that
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
consent; acceptance; agreement
our country; our land; one's own country
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
from one's seat; without stirring
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
curtain; hanging; bunting
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
manner of speaking; way of speaking; intimation; lip service; words
to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account
having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
honouring (publicly); honoring; making someone's good deeds or achievements well-known
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex