stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
in person; personally; directly
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
salon; saloon; sarong; saron (instrument)
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
sunlight; rays of the Sun
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
honour; honor; glory; privilege
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
business; errand; nature of one's business