accident; emergency; calamity
dispersing; breaking up; running away
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
bringing alongside (ship, vehicle, etc.); coming alongside; mooring
good humour (humor); good mood
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
to invite; to show (someone) in
separate room; special room
food and (alcoholic) drinks; food eaten with an alcoholic drink; accompaniment to a drink
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to provide; to arrange; to install
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
first year; early years (of a reign or era)
nishiki-e; multi-colour woodblock print
host and guest; principal and auxiliary; subject and object (philosophical); subject and object
please sit down; please have a seat
treat; banquet; feast; (arch.) running about
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
performing solo; having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled)