4th day of the month; four days
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour)
door; gate; opening; title page
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
several minutes; a few minutes
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; leptosomatic habit
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
encouragement; urging; spurring on
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
surname; family name; last name
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
descendant; progeny; offspring
old woman; joker (in old maid)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
blithering idiot; bloody fool; total moron; dimwit