social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
to encloud; to make dim; to make dull; to tarnish; to obscure; to darken
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
in name only; titular; nominal
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
confusing set-up; puzzling method
easy-to-beat game; (something) easy to do; trivial thing
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
to make a speech; to address
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice
drama; play; powerful drug
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to correct oneself; to restate
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare