road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
little-known hot spring; secret hot spring; secluded hot spring
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
guarantee; security; assurance; warranty
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
still better; even better
invitation; introduction; temptation
it is I who should say so
chance; opportunity; occasion
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
homecoming; returning home
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
disinheritance; disowning
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
Kasumigaseki; district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located; government ministries (of Japan); Japanese government bureaucracy
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to move (house); to change residence
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to be silent; to say nothing
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
distant place; faraway location; far away
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
(social) class; rank; grade
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
public and private matters; official and personal affairs; professional and personal lives
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
general idea; concept; notion
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
all over; filled in; complete; total; clichéd; hackneyed; plaintext