liking for; taste for; fondness for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
bill (e.g. at a restaurant); check
appearance; figure; shape; form
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
Kansai (region comprising Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe and surrounding prefectures); Kansai (western half of Japan; during the feudal era)
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
dresser; dressing table; vanity table
mental anguish; mental distress
side table; bedside table
China and Japan; Chinese-Japanese; middle day (of a sumo tournament, theatrical run, etc.); day of an equinox
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
manners; etiquette; polite behaviour
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
buzzing (e.g. of insects); chirring; whirring (e.g. of a reel); humming (of electronics); hissing
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
Police Act; police laws; laws governing police
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
when it comes to ...; as for ...
courteous; decorous; polite
mailbox; letter box; letterbox; mail slot
worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated
something or other; anything
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
while alive; during one's lifetime
authenticity; credibility