unsophisticated palate; inability to discern good and bad flavours
piece; fragment; one (object)
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
to manage something successfully; to be successful
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
official in charge; person in charge
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
extremely; terrifically; super
changing clothes; change of clothes
how; in what way; by what means
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
to put on; to wear; to be used to wearing
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to watch over; to watch attentively
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
history of Japan; Japanese history
of no interest; not interested
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series