to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
proper; respectable; decent; honest
company director; board member
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)
to have one's name entered (in a list)
-less; lacking; non-existing
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
right in the middle (of); midst; height
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
historic; historical; traditional
decisive battle of brief duration
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.