the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat
staking out (in advance; e.g. a seat or a spot); saving a place; reserving a location
handbook; manual; guide; primer
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
private opinion; personal view; personal opinion
fastidiousness; faultfinding; nit-picking
ardent; passionate; vehement
supporter; sponsor; patron; backer
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
influential person; man of importance
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)
going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
sweet-smelling; scentful; fragrant
opposite side; opposition
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
woman of unmatched beauty; beauty like no other
to blow (a horn, etc.); to sound
to fall off; to tumble down
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
founder; originator; pioneer
to be intimate with; to befriend
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty
weightlessness; zero gravity
from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly
magic; conjuring; sleight of hand; legerdemain
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)