attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
concealment; suppression; hiding
not limited to; not just ...
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
information transfer; information transmission
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
means of communication; media of communication; organ of communication; tool of communication
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
progress; advance; improvement; development
acceleration; speeding up
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
change in appearance; transformation
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
(private) geisha entertainment; being entertained by one or more geisha (in a tea house or traditional Japanese restaurant)
to take a growing interest in
at precisely that time; at exactly that moment; just then; right then
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliche; frequently used musical (guitar) phrase
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing