quickly; calmly; intently
(criminal) investigation headquarters
urgent report; urgent message
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
accurate; correct; precise; exact
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
leaving everything up to someone else
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
vegetables; (edible) greens; blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
four-legged tray for festive food
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
chest; coffer; rice tub; lidded round, wooden container for cooked rice
living room (Japanese-style)
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)
to become sinewy; to behave formally
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
smoothly; easily; readily
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
house for rent; rented house; renting a house
dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)
one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold