suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
very likely; very probable
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
willing (even) to do; prepared to do; ready to do; not mind doing
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to talk to oneself; to mutter
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish
to flatter; to play up (to); to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to cater (to)
head; chief; boss; leader
name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
Nagoya harp; Taishō koto; Japanese harp with two to five strings
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
learning by watching others; learning by imitation; following by example
fingering an object (in killing time); amusing oneself; diversion; gambling
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
separate volume; fascicle; fascicule
many objects (for study); encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
discount price; special offer price
binder; clipboard; binding machine (wheat, etc.); binder
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
main castle; stronghold; inner citadel; this castle
imposingly; heavily; conspicuously; in a dignified manner
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
to hurry; to rush; to quicken (of one's breath); to pant; to gasp (for air)
Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high