to become better; to improve
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
preliminary investigation; preparation
person who prefers sweet things to alcoholic drinks; person with a sweet tooth
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
artificial feeding; accustoming wild animals to eating food given by humans
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
promotion; raising of status
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to serve; to work for; to attend
to go through formalities
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
everything one does; whatever one does
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous