showing one's face in public; facing another person
half-holiday; taking half of the day off
since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
parting; separation; farewell
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
passing (an examination); making the grade
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
speech; expression; wording; language
to persuade someone to consent; to entreat repeatedly; to beg; to implore
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
Tokyo Big Sight (exhibition center)
throng; gathering of people
to win and advance to the next round
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; swarm
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
supreme command; direction over all
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
nonchalant air; unruffled air
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
to turn into a state of feverish mood
to be clear; to be distinct; to be skillful; to be skilful; to be well-executed; to get cold
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
most ominous; most sinister; most atrocious; most evil
to put up (a notice); to post