establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
exhibition; display; putting on show
celebration (of ceremony); solemnization (e.g. of a marriage); solemnisation
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
to rank with; to rank among
dignity; grace; nobility; grade; quality; fineness
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
toilet articles; makeup kit
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
to apologize; to apologise
hereditary custom; surviving tradition; teachings passed down from previous generations
with this I (formal); by this I (formal)
Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to take off one's clothes; to undress
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
formal dress; ceremonial dress; morning dress; evening dress; dress suit
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
change; transformation; inversion
well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
appearance; air; condition; state; form
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
all over; all over the place; everywhere
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum