corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
finely chiseled (features)
look; glance; (at first) sight
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
to comb down; to smooth down
private enterprise; private business; private company; private firm; private-sector business; private-sector corporation
reporter; speaker; informer; presenter; rapporteur
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
government service; the bureaucracy
smoothly; easily; readily
to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
image; figure; figure; form; image
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
direct control; direct supervision
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
run-down shabby house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
reinforced concrete; ferroconcrete
one house; the same house
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
one's possessions; ownership
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to hold the purse strings
strict order; peremptory command
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
fame; distinction; rise; advancement
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
when it becomes; when it comes to
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis