formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
addressing (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan" (considered impolite)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
and yet; though; when; in spite of
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
business; work; operations; service; duties
management; administration; operation
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
mode (e.g. of a machine); setting; state (of mind); mode (e.g. work mode, study mode); mode; mode
permission; approval; authorization; license
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
chief vassal; senior statesman
handsome young man; Adonis
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryō system or Meiji Grand Council system)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
prime minister; premier; chancellor
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
both (people); the two of them
by myself; in person; by oneself
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
then; well; so; well then
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
leadership; initiative; spearhead
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
tone of voice (e.g. in a sweet tone); timbre
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
exceptional item; extraordinary product
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
no exception; without exception; always the same