barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts
(train) station attendant; station employee; station staff
to wave a flag; to show the way
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
risky; dangerous; insecure
take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
once upon a time; a long time ago
longan (Euphoria longana)
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
footprint; soleprint; last; wooden mold for shoes or tabi (mould)
tiger (feline, Panthera tigris)
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
reduction in working hours; reduction in business hours; time-saving
active; positive; progressive
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
grey (gray); gray (SI unit of absorbed dose of radiation)
full-length portrait or statue
jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth); Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)
much; remarkably; not at all (with neg. verb); quickly and vigorously; unhesitatingly