intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
(squad of) police; police force
throwaway; disposable; single-use
monologue; soliloquy; German (language)
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
colonnade; row of columns
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
official function; state function
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to reserve (for exclusive use); to charter; to book; to lend out completely; to lend out all of (something)
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
dandy; handsome and fashionable man; fop; chivalrous man
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
connection; link; relationship
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk