thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
absentmindedly; vacantly; carelessly
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
according to plan; as planned; on target
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
a certain someone; Mr So-and-so
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
store's appearance (esp. shop front, signs, etc.)
cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness
visit for no reason; go on fool's errand
all night long; all through the night
Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra
permanent preservation; permanent repository; keeping something permanently; preservation in perpetuity
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
rather; sooner; preferably
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
dressing oneself; putting on clothes; embezzlement
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
supremacy; predominance; being superior to
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
personal statement; verbal or informal, unsubstantiated assertion
standardization; uniformalization
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
embezzlement; misappropriation; pocketing; stealing
number of characters; number of letters; word count
present continuous tense; present progressive form
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
action; operation; effect; function