city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
dragon god; dragon king; naga
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to revere; to respect; to worship
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
one's own handwriting; autograph
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
what do you want?; can I help you?
leather; leather-bound; leathern
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
abandoned mine; disused mine
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
frosting (e.g. on a cake); icing
without; but if; otherwise; or else
polish; improvement; burnishing
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
moment; brief space of time
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
just past noon; afternoon