preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
influence; clout; leverage
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
technique; art; skill; move
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
even more; still more; further
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding