we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)
prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment
to arrive home; to return
word for word; verbatim; literally
as far as the eye can see
out of the question; preposterous
host; landlord; innkeeper
to come from; to have roots in
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
independent; responsible; active; subjective
drama; play; Chinese opera
to break down; to collapse; to fall apart
civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation)
omniscient point of view (in narration)
reorganization; reorganisation
plotting (of maps); mapping; compilation
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
striking off a name; dropping a name (from a list); expulsion; excommunication
perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray
young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)
slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
misgovernment; misrule; bad government
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
principal of a private school
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
starting a business; opening a store (for the day)
customer traffic; customers; custom
political situation; political affairs
(informal) discussion; talk; (formal and tedious) talk; lecture; admonition; reprimand
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
to use (something) as a selling point
to gain a reputation; to make oneself famous
to be arrested; to be put in bonds
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
written law; statutory law
abduction and confinement (esp. unlawful)