very great; enormous; serious
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to run through; to run past
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
conference room; council room
performance of one's official duties
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
uncommon; extraordinary (in relation to human characteristics)
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
person being waited for; person who waits
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
beautiful woman; beauty; belle
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other
odds and ends; all; every
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
connection; link; relationship
(not) a single person; (no) one
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up