narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
outline of the Sun (esp. represented as a red circle); the Japanese flag
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
courtesy call; courtesy visit
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
exhibiting; showing; putting on display; putting up for sale; entering (a work into a competition); submitting
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
(family) crest; coat of arms; pattern; figure
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
(committee) chairman; president
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
viceroy; governor-general
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
newspaper story (article, account)
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
the same rank; equality; apposition
wherein; therein; thereinto
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again