official business; public business
putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (in TV, social media, etc.)
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn)
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to take over; to hand over
to govern; to manage; to subdue
decision; determination; resolution
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
pleased to make your acquaintance
dreams; visions; phantasms
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
(your) daughter; young woman
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
this occasion; at this time; now
great cause; moral law; justice
to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
to intervene; to stop (something)
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself