(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
personal (employee); employed; retained
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
date (of a planned event, act, etc.); day; (number of) days
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
official business; public business
obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
loyal retainer; loyal subject
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
den of vice; rogue's den; brothel; red-light district; cluttered room
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
2nd day of the month; two days
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
continuation; succession; series; continuous
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation