comfort; consolation; diversion
to feel at ease; to feel relaxed
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
temporary; provisional; to do something temporarily (esp. build temporary facilities); to do something provisionally
staying the night; lodging (at)
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
messenger; envoy; emissary
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
real intention; true motive; true meaning
cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination
accomplishment; execution
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
besides; moreover; in addition
professional killer; hit man
vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon); vanishing; suddenly disappearing; going into hiding
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
to knock together; to strike against each other; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance)
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
indifferent; paying no attention; taking no notice
social meeting place; watering hole
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question