made-to-order (esp. clothing); custom-made; tailor-made; bespoke
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; normally
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
curry and rice; rice and curry; curry rice
French; French food; French cuisine
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
what date?; what's the date?; when?
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
100,000; hundred thousand
to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
feelings; thoughts; meaning
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
(one's) concern; having (something) to do with
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
to hold fast; to protect to the end
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
judgment; judgement; discernment
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
mark; sign; (arch.) plain wood showing the seating order of officials at court; (arch.) nameplate
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
son (of others); boy; young master; young man innocent of the ways of the world; man of pampered upbringing; greenhorn (from a well-off family)
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
minority; (sexual, ethnic) minority; minority group
prejudice; bias; distorted view
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital