padded sleeveless kimono jacket; Japanese vest
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
tucking up the sleeves of a kimono with a tasuki
cheek rouge; blusher; blush
fine line; weight of thread; slit-eyed
heir; inheritor; successor
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
important point; point to make note of
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
tenement house; row house
important points; main points
victory stand; winners' podium
to be photographed; to be projected
presumably; conceivably; in my opinion; in my view; I think (that); upon thought
employee welfare; employee benefits; fringe benefits
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
implication; connotation; (logical) implication; material conditional; material consequence
Wonderland (fictional locale created by author Lewis Carroll)
atmosphere (esp. of a place or person); mood; vibe; ambience
continental; calm; not worried with unimportant details
person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)
municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; (lit.) the Moon and a turtle
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse