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
change (for a purchase); toilet splashback
little something; reward; tip
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
Privy Council (abolished in 1947)
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
(fictional) fusion of human and animal; therianthrope; furry; human beast
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
to peddle (goods); to hawk
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to run around; to bustle about
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
serious; not joking; straight
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone
karoshi; death from overwork
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
news; word; tidings; omen
besides; moreover; in addition
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me