admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
homecoming; return to one's home
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this
preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance
flight; running away; absconding; elopement
to find a way; to find the time; to try to make oneself available
refinement; elegance; grace
Le Clerc; Leclair; Leclerc
reservation system; appointment system; (on) a subscription basis
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
(how) many times; (how) often
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
remark; statement; discourse
(in) his way; peculiar to him
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
to interlace; to fit together; to combine; to mingle
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
relation; connection; affinity
inhumane weapons; weapon against humanity
cake or snack served with tea
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
having a high threshold (for entry); difficult to approach; feeling awkward to go to (of someone's home)
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
to lend an ear to; to listen to
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind