work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
present; gift; to give a present or gift
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
instant; moment; for an instant
insight; power of observation
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
immediately; right away; on the spot
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
single word; a few words; brief comment
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
how many years; how long; what year
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation