place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
workshop; studio; atelier
to be erected; to be built
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall
to keep a watchful eye on
body guard; military escort
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
Akaihane (fund-raising organisation for welfare services); Red Feather
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
explanation; interpretation
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
official business; public business
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
custom; habit; customary practice
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
to speak; to hear a voice
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
early blooming; early flowering
sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces