cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
luxurious and gorgeous; magnificent
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
royal castle; imperial castle
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
until now; so far; up to the present
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
participation; joining; entry; adherence
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
company; corporation; workplace
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
personal; individual; private
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to spread; to be propagated
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear