direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
certain; definite; clear; credible
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to entrust; to leave to a person
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
to put one's hand on; to touch
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
dislike of very hot food or drink; inability to take hot food; (lit.) cat tongue
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
approval; license; licence; permission
to have one's name entered (in a list)
bargain; find; unbelievable good luck; unexpected good fortune
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
close; intimate; on good terms
hostility; antagonism; opposition
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections