caller; visitor; company; guest
thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
to abbreviate; to abridge; to omit; to leave out; to take; to capture
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
participant; entrant; player; competitor
fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
speech; expression; wording; language
fluently; without hesitation; without faltering
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
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
ronin; masterless samurai
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
memory; ability to remember
rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint
eloquence; volubility; (lit.) (like) water on a standing board
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
talk; recital; narration; topic
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
false rumor (rumour); groundless rumor; misinformation
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to kill by burning to death
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)