large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
going through; going via; going by way of
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
of course; certainly; naturally
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
air conditioning; air cooling
absolutely no smoking; complete smoking ban; total ban on smoking
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
Europe and America; the West
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism