to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
building time; construction period
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
moratorium; period of grace; extension (of time, e.g. to make payments); postponement (of social responsibility); immaturity; not having developed emotional maturity
financials; on the funding (capital) side
10,000,000,000; ten billion
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
to incorporate; to work into; to insert
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
kimono fabrics shop; draper
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
negotiations; discussions; connection
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to relax; to feel at home
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
real intention; true motive; true meaning
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
cold-weather damage (to crops)
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
by sheer strength; by brute force
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
beforehand; in advance; previously
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
one's superior's anger; imperial wrath
course; route; path; process; means
reason; logic; method; system; order
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
fengshui practitioner; fengshui master
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted