farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
temporary closure (of a shop, etc.); extra holiday; special holiday
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness
one-man (show, team, etc.); tyrant; dictatorial person; conductorless bus (i.e. having only a driver); conductorless train
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
from the beginning; from scratch
to re-examine; to review; to recheck
private enterprise; private business; private company; private firm; private-sector business; private-sector corporation
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
improvement in image (of someone or something); improving one's image
visitor to a sick or distressed person; hospital visitor; inquirer
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
golden lace (Patrinia scabiosifolia); scabious patrinia; yellow patrinia
common gypsophila (Gypsophila elegans); baby's breath; babies' breath; soaproot
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
eight-sided shape; octagon
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
number of persons; personnel
equilibrium; good balance; poise
guard; security (officer); guardsman
going around; patrol; round; tour