negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet
honorific title; honorific term of address
first meeting; first interview with
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
beautiful woman dressed as a man; cross-dressed beauty
shrieking; squealing; screeching; chattering (e.g. of a monkey); chittering
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
to think of; to come up with
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
thought experiment; gedankenexperiment
popular person; favorite; favourite
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
polite language (e.g. masu, desu)
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
disclosure; exposure; revelation
travelling incognito (of a person of high rank); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
preliminary investigation; preliminary inquiry; preparation (for a class); going over one's lessons (in advance); studying ahead
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
other; another; over; more than; I; me
to be out of breath; to breathe hard (e.g. during physical activity); to pant
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
to pass on (a message, thoughts, etc.); to convey; to inform (of a visitor, phone call, etc.); to announce (a visitor); to act as an agent (between a manufacturer, wholesaler, etc. and retailers); to act as an intermediary
temper; irritability; fit of anger; tantrum (esp. of children); temper tantrum
death from prostration; death from emaciation
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
to cry and shout; to scream
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane