offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
specialist shop; shop specializing in a few types of product
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
third day of the month; three days
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
invitation; introduction; temptation
special training; intensive training; crash course
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
(giving) instruction; initiation
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
to be too numerous; to be too much
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
beforehand; in advance; previously
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
front; frontage; facade; main
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
stillness; repose; standing still
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
seeing one off; farewell; escort
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
memory; sense; experience
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress