covert action; covert operations
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
national border; provincial border
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
composite; combined; complex
land readjustment; town planning
to tower over the surroundings
cultural exchange; cross-cultural communication; contacts between different cultures
modernization; modernisation
equilibrium; good balance; poise
forced laugh; forced smile
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
grounds south of a building; southern garden; garden south of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in the Kyoto Imperial Palace)
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
PET bottle (clear plastic beverage bottle)
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
bribe; sweetener; douceur
accounting; administration (of money)
a reclusive life; living secluded from the world; leading a sequestered life
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
leading person; foremost figure
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
coexistence; living together