coming to Japan; visit to Japan; arrival in Japan
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
comparatively; relatively
approximate value; approximation
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
checking out (of a hotel); check-out
formal receipt (of payment; oft. hand-written)
accounting; administration (of money)
high-class; high-grade; high-quality; high-ranking; high-level; senior
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to be expensive; to be costly
in a little bit; after a short while
(preliminary) meeting; face-to-face introduction; costarring; appearing together; match-up; pairing
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
story; tale; talk; discussion
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
don't worry about it; forget about it
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
whispering into a person's ear
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party