staying the night; lodging (at)
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
to bite each other; to fit together; to mutually encroach; to eat together
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
custom; practice; convention; precedent
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
first thing in the morning
fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog
beauty treatment; cosmetology; beauty salon; beauty-treatment clinic
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
(while) holding a post or being in office
taste; smooth talking; reception; hospitality
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
piling up; multiple layers
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
dependent on luck; matter of luck
to crawl out of; to creep out of
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
to pitch camp; to set up camp
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
pair; the two; both persons; both things
(a person or body being) unidentifiable (unidentified)
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly