molester; groper; masher; pervert
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
history of Japan; Japanese history
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
incident; affair; happening; event
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
founding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
society; the world; the times
being unable to read the situation; being unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation
trendy; in; now; currently at ...; now doing ...; in the middle of ...
young; youth; young person
ridiculously good reception; being extremely well-received
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
in search of; in order to look for
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded