in advance; beforehand; previously
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
flan (baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case); flan; crème caramel; caramel custard
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
hidden room; secret chamber
many; much; plenty; hardly
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
door; gate; opening; title page
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
House of Peers (Japan, Meiji constitution); House of Lords (UK)
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally