optimization; optimisation
removing one's hat; admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening
to entertain; to make welcome
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
function; facility; faculty; feature
dignity; quality; grace; panache; level
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
fourth day of the month; four days
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
order of chivalry; chivalric order
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
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)
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
man's man; man aggressively pursuing sex and riches; (lit.) carnivore
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)