this occasion; at this time; now
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
to be erected; to be built
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
image; figure; figure; form; image
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
considerably; fairly; quite
difference; disparity; gap
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
(your) daughter; young woman
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring