official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
intelligence gathering; information gathering
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
regular time; stated period
imagination; supposition; guess
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
form; shape; figure; visage
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
calm before a storm; lull before the storm
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
man; male; masculine gender
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend