secretary; councillor; councilor
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
(talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
whoopie; yee-haw; noise made when celebrating
wheat straw; barley straw
deva and naga; heavenly dragon
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
windless; calm; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
lawless area; lawless district
look of death; shadow of death
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction; kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
my husband; one's family; family member
archipelago; group of islands
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
the lower classes; the common people
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
one's feeling while riding; comfort (of a vehicle); ride quality
gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around