imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
Shimane (prefecture); (arch.) island country
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
artificial intelligence; AI
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
judge's sentence; assessment of a case
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
love hotel; short-stay hotel used primarily for sexual activities
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to have a relationship; to have relations
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
is something that; is that which
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
badger game; scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time