street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
fertile; rich; productive
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
to live; to reside; to inhabit
estimate (of costs); budget
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
coexistence; living together
secretary (government); director; chief
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
stingy; cheap; very frugal
to become greasy; to become oily; to be loud and garish
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to be opposite; to face each other
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
what kind of business; what sort of matter
to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to have a reason; to have an excuse
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble