manufactured goods; finished goods; product
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
ardent; passionate; vehement
indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
beforehand; in advance; previously
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
electricity; (electric) light
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
background research; research into the period
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
burned down; entirely destroyed
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
annotation; explanatory note; comment
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
by all means; by all costs