optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
contents (of a container, stomach, etc.); things inside
next term; next period; next version; next release
attendance; presence; appearance
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
never ceasing; never ending; endless
course; route; path; process; means
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
notes; comment; remark; annotation
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
extinguishing a fire; (Edo-period) fireman
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
to use within an inch of its life; to use every little bit of; to get the most out of
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
Bonin white-eye (Apalopteron familiare)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
customer traffic; customers; custom
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
anthropophobia; dizziness experienced in crowded places
whole area; entire region
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
to grumble; to make difficulties
custom; practice; convention; precedent