second grade; medium quality; average; middle class; secondary grade
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
white; correction fluid; white-out
one's post; place of work; workplace
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
and; thereupon; because of that
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
official announcement; proclamation
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
even if not; even without
identification papers; ID
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
inspection; examination; check
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
immigration check; immigration inspection
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
our country; our land; one's own country
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
to become pale; to turn pale
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to have a talk; to tell a story
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
correspondence; exchange of letters